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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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30 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1960
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| Number of Closing Orders made on parts of buildings under Section 18 of the Housing Act, 1957 | 6 |
| Number of undertakings given by owners to close parts of buildings under Section 16(4) of the Housing Act, 1957 | Nil |
| Number of Closing Orders determined under Section 27 of the Housing Act, 1957 | 7 |
| Overcrowding | |
| Number of families found to be living in overcrowded conditions | 32 |
| Number of overcrowded families who have obtained alternative accommodation | 15 |
| New Accommodation | |
| Number of dwellings erected: | 98 |
| 152 | |
| (c) by other persons | 303 |
HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS
AND UNFIT HOUSES ELSEWHERE
Clearance Areas
The following properties were declared Clearance Areas following
my representations: 473-477 (odd), 481-489 (odd) York Road.
Unfit Houses Closed
Closing Orders were made in respect of whole houses as follows:
43 Angles Road
65 Warple Road
8a Zennor Road
Closing Orders were made in respect of parts of buildings as
follows:
Premises
175 Bedford Hill
179 Bedford Hill
166 Clapham Park Road
37 South Side, Clapham Common
38 South Side, Clapham Common
318 York Road
In each case the owners had been invited to submit proposals to
render the premises fit for human habitation, but none were received.