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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wandsworth 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: HOUSINGSTATISTICS RELATING TO HOUSING Public Health (London) Act, 1936

HOUSINGSTATISTICS RELATING TO HOUSING Public Health (London) Act, 1936

Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness7,522
Re-inspections17,097
Number of statutory notices served:
Intimation notices1,729
Nuisance notices553
Number of houses in which nuisances were abated1,787
The number of cases referred to the Solicitor for legal action during 1958 was166
The following is a summary of Police Court proceedings:
Number of summonses served33
„ „ „ withdrawn13
„ „ „ adjourned9
„ „ Orders made for abatement of nuisances11
Costs awarded in respect of four cases£1 1s.0d.

Table: Housing Acts, 1936 and 1957 Demolition Orders

Housing Acts, 1936 and 1957 Demolition Orders

(a) Demolition Orders made under Section 17 (1) of the Housing Act, 19571
(b) Houses demolished as the result of formal or informal procedure2
(c) Houses closed in pursuance of an undertaking given by the owner and still in forceNil
Closing Orders
(a) Closing Orders made under Sections 16 (4), 17(1) and 35 (1), Housing Act, 19575
(b) Closing Orders made on parts of buildings under Section 18, Housing Act, 19576
(c) Closing Orders determined2
(d) Undertakings not to use parts of buildings for human habitation accepted1
Slum Clearance
Number of houses included in representations under Section 157 of the Housing Act, 195715
Number of houses demolished following action under Section 25 of the Housing Act, 193652