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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Chislehurst 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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SECTION D.
HOUSING.
(i) Routine Inspections :
One hundred and forty-four visits to premises were made in
connection with the Housing Acts.
(ii) Clearance Areas :
No Clearance Areas were declared during the year.
(iii) Individually Unfit Houses:
No houses were declared to be individually unfit.
(iv) Demolition Orders :
No demolition orders were made.
(v) Overcrowding:

Table: I he position at the Jlst December, with regard to statutory overcrowding, as defined in the Housing Act, 1936, is as shown in the following table: —

I he position at the Jlst December, with regard to statutory overcrowding, as defined in the Housing Act, 1936, is as shown in the following table: —

19481949195019511952195319541955195619571958195919601961No. 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
Lamorbey95222434321-------
Longlands21i22
Birchwood------------'-11---
Frognal1-----1121--1-----
North Cray11-----------------
St. Paul's Cray3322443321223211152
Chislehurst C—ommon3111-----11-------
Mottingham26171310101155452--------
Totals4327181517191213119145233274

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(vi) Defects:
Number of houses inspected for housing defects (Public
Health and Housing Acts). 752
Number of houses found not in all respects fit 331
Number of houses made fit without service of formal
notices 257