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Chislehurst 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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58
SECTION D.
HOUSING.
(i) Routine Inspections:
Six hundred and forty-eight visits to premises were made in
connection with the Housing Acts.
(ii) Clearance Areas:
One Clearance Area was declared during the year.
(iii) Individually Unfit Houses:
No houses were dealt with as individually unfit.
(iv) Demolition Orders:
No Demolition Orders were made.
(vi) Defects :
Number of houses inspected for housing defects (Public
Health and Housing Acts) 930
Number of houses found not in all respects fit 442
Number of houses made fit without service of formal
notices 424

Table: (v) Overcrowding: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: —

(v) Overcrowding:

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., 1960
Area19461947194819491950195119521953195419551956195719581959No. of cases found during the yearNo. of cases remedied during yearCases at end of year
No. of casesNo. of persons concerned
Aged over 10A gedunder 10
Lamorbey711952224343211-1---
Longlands1------------------
Birch wood11------------1-123
Frognal111-----11211-1-186
North Cray1311---------------
St. Paul's Cray453322443321221-31512
Chislehurst Common3631111-----11-1---
Mottingham61526171310101155452------
Totals24424327181517191213119743252521