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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
Hammersmith 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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| II —Remedy of defects without service of formal notices. | |
| Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers ... | Nil |
| III.—Action under Statutory Powers. | |
| (A) Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing, Act, 1925— (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | Nil |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit— (a) By owners | Nil |
| (6) By Local Authority in default | |
| of owners | Nil |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which closing orders became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close | Nil |
| (B) Proceedings under Public Health Acts— | |
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 3,232 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects remedied— (a) By owners | 3,216 |
| Nil | |
| (C) Proceedings under Sections 11, 14 and 15 of the Housing Act, 1925— | |
| (1) Number of representations made with a view to the making of Closing Orders | 4 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were made | 7 |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the dwelling-houses having been rendered fit | Nil |
| (4) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made | Nil |
| (5) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | Nil |