Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness | 9,016 |
Re-inspections | 26,059 |
Number of statutory notices served: Intimation notices | 2,651 |
Nuisance notices | 672 |
Number of houses in which nuisances were abated | 2,643 |
The number of cases referred to the Solicitor for legal action during 1954 was | 132 |
The following is a summary of Police Court proceedings: Number of summonses served | 33 |
„ „ „ withdrawn | 18 |
adjourned | 3 |
„ „ Orders made for abatement of nuisances | 12 |
Costs Awarded in respect of six cases £18. | 18s. Od |
HOUSING ACT, 1936
Number of houses inspected—house to house (Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925) | Nil |
Repair of Houses | |
Number of notices served under Section 9 of the Housing Act 1936 | Nil |
Number of houses made fit for habitation: (a) by owners | Nil |
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners | Nil |
Demolition Orders | |
Number of orders made under Section II of the Housing Act 1936 | Nil |
Number of houses demolished: (a) as the result of such orders | Nil |
(b) voluntarily | Nil |
Closing Orders (other than underground rooms) | |
Number of houses closed (Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953) | Nil |
Number of such orders determined | Nil |
Number of rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made under Section 12 of the Housing Act 1936 | Nil |
Number of such orders determined | Nil |