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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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HOUSING
STATISTICS RELATING TO HOUSING Public Health (London) Act, 1936
| Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness | 7,117 |
| Re-inspections | 14,282 |
| Number of statutory notices served: Intimation notices | 1,285 |
| Nuisance notices | 386 |
| Number of houses in which nuisances were abated | 1,355 |
| The number of cases referred to the Solicitor for legal action during 1960 was | 84 |
| The following is a summary of Police Court proceedings: Number of summonses served | 47 |
| „ „ „ withdrawn | 25 |
| „ „ adjourned | 12 |
| „ „ Orders made for abatement of nuisances | 10 |
| Costs awarded in respect of three cases | £8-8-0 |
Housing Acts, 1936 and 1957
| Clearance of Unfit Houses | |
| Number of houses included in representations under Section 157 of the Housing Act, 1957 | 8 |
| Number of houses included in declared Clearance Areas under Section 42 of the Housing Act, 1957 | 8 |
| Number of houses demolished following action under Section 25 of the Housing Act, 1936 | 31 |
| Number of houses demolished following action under Section 42 of the Housing Act, 1957 | 9 |
| Demolition Orders | |
| Number of Demolition Orders made under Section 17(1) of the Housing Act, 1957 | Nil |
| Number of houses demolished as a result of formal or informal procedure under Section 17(1) of the Housing Act, 1957 | 1 |
| Closing Orders | |
| Number of Closing Orders made on houses under Section 17(1) of the Housing Act, 1957 | 3 |