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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 1965

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

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33
Common Lodging Houses
There are no registered common lodging houses in the Borough,
Land Charges Act, 1925
During the year the Department dealt with 5,616 enquiries
relating to local land charges. These enquiries necessitate a careful
search of records, drainage plans, etc., to ascertain the existence
of any orders or restrictions on the properties concerned such as
outstanding statutory or informal notices, certificates of disrepair
under the Rent Acts, inclusion in housing building programmes,
slum clearance areas, etc.