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Chislehurst 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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58
SECTION D.
HOUSING.
(i) Routine Inspections:
Three hundred and twenty-seven visits to premises were made in
connection with the Housing Acts.
(ii) Clearance Areas:
No Clearance Area was declared during the year.
(iii) Individually Unfit Houses:
Three flats were closed as a result of a Closing Order.
(iv) Demolition Orders:
A Demolition Order was made in respect of one house.
A Demolition Order was substituted for a Closing Order in respect
of another house.
(v) Overcrowding:

Table: The position at the 31st December, with regard to statutory overcrowding, as defined in the Housing Act, 1936, is as shown in the following table:—

The position at the 31st December, with regard to statutory overcrowding, as defined in the Housing Act, 1936, is as shown in the following table:—

Number of cases—31st December31st Dec., 1959
Area19451946194719481949195019511952195319541955195619571958No. of cases found during the yearNo. of cases remedied during yearCases at end of year
No. of casesNo. of persons concerned
Aged over 10Aged under 10
Lamorbey6711952224343211—161
Longlands11-----------------
Birchwood—11----------------
Frognal—111-----11211—1---
North Cray11311--------------
St. Paul's Cray6453322443321222254
Chislehurst Common13631111—————1——124
Mottingham1561526171310101155452-2--—
Totals30244243271815171912131197254139

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(vi) Defects:
Number of houses inspected for housing defects (Public
Health and Housing Acts) 1,140
Number of houses found not in all respects fit 455
Number of houses made fit without service of formal
notices 442