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26 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1952
HOUSING
Statistics Relating to Housing
Public Health Act
Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or
illness 9,834
Re-inspections 33,924
Number of statutory notices served:—
Intimation notices 3,438
Nuisance notices 1,041
Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied 3,875
The number of cases referred to the Solicitor for legal action
during 1952 was 218
The following is a summary of Police Court proceedings:—
Number of summonses served 57
„ „ „ withdrawn 15
„ „ „ adjourned 26
„ „ Orders made for abatement of nuisances 16
Costs awarded in respect of three cases .. £4 4s. Od.
Housing Act, 1936
Number of houses inspected—house to house (Housing
Consolidated Regulations., 1925) Nil
(a) Number of houses included by representations by the
Borough Medical Officer under Section 25 of Housing
Act, 1936 Nil
(b) Number of houses demolished following representation
by Borough Medical Officer under Section 25 of
Housing Act, 1936 Nil
Number of houses repaired under Sections 9 and 10 of
Housing Act, 1936:—
(a) By owners Nil
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners Nil
Number of houses demolished:—
(a) In pursuance of Orders under Section XI of the
Housing Act, 1936 Nil
(b) Voluntarily Nil
Number of rooms on which Closing Orders were made
(excluding underground rooms) Nil
Number of Closing Orders determined Nil