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Marylebone 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: TABLE 4.—Dwelling-Houses: Summary of Inspections, Conditions Found and Action Taken.

TABLE 4.—Dwelling-Houses: Summary of Inspections, Conditions Found and Action Taken.

Inspection under Public Health or Housing Acts:— (I) (a) Inspected for housing defects1,258
(b) Inspections made for the purpose4,324
(2) Found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation91
(3) Found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation438
Defects remedied without serVice of formal Notices:— Defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers324
Action under Statutory Powers:— (a) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:— (1) Dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied297
(2) Dwelling-houses in which, after service of formal notices, defects were remedied:— (a) By owners141
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners-
(b) Proceedings under the Housing Act, 1957:— (1) Rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made:— Underground rooms11
Other rooms19
(2) Closing Orders determined, the tenement or room having been made fit6
(3) Rooms affected by (2) above9
(4) Closing Orders varied2
(5) Undertakings accepted in respect of underground rooms5

Table: TABLE 5.—Nuisances Remedied.

TABLE 5.—Nuisances Remedied.

Nuisance Abated or Defect RemediedNumber
Houses damp, dirty or dilapidated119
Doors, windows, floors, ceilings, sash cords, grates and flues, etc., defective288
Drain, water-closet and waste pipe stoppages103
Drains, water-closets and waste pipes defective126
Yard, area and wash-house defects26
Roofs, gutters and rainwater pipes defective214
Insufficient water supplies6
Water cisterns dirty or defective13
Ashpits, dustbins, etc., defective18
Rubbish accumulations67
Animal nuisances16
Miscellaneous124
Total1,120

Table: TABLE 6.—Rent Act, 1957.

TABLE 6.—Rent Act, 1957.

Applications for Certificates of Disrepair34
Notices served on landlords of Proposal to issue Certificate of Disrepair36
Undertakings received from landlords23
Certificates of Disrepair issued16
Applications for Certificates as to Remedying of Defects27
Certificates as to Remedying of Defects issued25
Applications for cancellation of Certificates of Disrepair5
Certificates of Disrepair cancelled6 (one by County Court)