Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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HOUSING.
Number of New Houses erected during the year : —
(a) Total 92
(b) As part of a Municipal Housing Scheme 72
1.—Unfit Dwelling Houses.
1.—Inspection.
(1) Total number of Dwelling Houses inspected (under the
Public Health or Housing Acts) 654
(2) Number of Dwelling Houses which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations, 1910 247
(3) Number of Dwelling Houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for
human habitation Nil
(4) Number of Dwelling Houses (exclusive of those referred
to under the preceding sub-heading) found to be not in
all respects reasonably fit for human habitation 514
2.—Remedy of Defects without Service of Formal Notice.
(a) Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town Planning,
&c., Act, 1919: —
(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
(b) By Local Authority in default of Owner 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 35