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Beckenham 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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2.—Unfit Dwelling Houses.
1.—Inspection.
(1) Total number of Dwelling Houses Inspected for
Housing Defects, under Public Health or Housing
Acts) 631
(2) Number of Dwelling Houses which were Inspected
and Recorded under the Housing (Inspection of
District) Regulations, 1910 116
(3) Number of Dwelling Houses found to be in a state
so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for
human habitation 1
(4) Number of Dwelling Houses (exclusive of those referred
to under the preceeding sub-heading) found
not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human
habitation 503
2.—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 423
3.—Action under Statutory Powers.
(A) Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town
Planning, etc., Act, 1919: —
(1) Number of Dwelling Houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring repairs 1
(2) Number of Dwelling Houses which were rendered
fit—
(a) by Owners Nil
(b) by Local Authorities in default of Owners
(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 51