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Croydon 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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(2) Number of dwelling houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners†75
(b) By local authority in default of owners5

Table: B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts :—

B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts :—

(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied209
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices: —
(a) By owners*183
(b) By local authority in default of ownersNil

Table: C. Proceedings under sections 19 and 21 of the Housing Act, 1930 :—

C. Proceedings under sections 19 and 21 of the Housing Act, 1930 :—

(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made14
(2) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders4
(3) Insanitary houses have been demolished in anticipation of formal procedure under Section 1915

Table: D. Proceedings under section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930:—

D. Proceedings under section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930:—

(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were madeNil
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit1

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Ihis number does not include 38 houses in regard to which
notices were served in 1932 and complied with in 1933.
+ Not including 37 houses concerning which notices were served
in 1932 and complied with in 1933.
OVERCROWDING.
During the course of a systematic inspection of 4,742 houses
between 1st January and 31st December, 19-33, 89 or 1.87 per cent,
were found to contain one or more overcrowded rooms.
A family is considered to be overcrowded if the total accommodation,
after allowing one room as a living room, in addition to
the necessary bedroom accommodation, does not provide floor area
for each member of the family of 40 square feet for persons over
5 years and 30 square feet for persons under 5 years, or the accommodation
does not permit of the sexes being properly divided.
133 families occupied these 69 houses and 91 or 68.4 per cent,
of these families were found to be overcrowded. In 54 houses of
the 89 houses it was found possible to abate overcrowding without
producing corresponding overcrowding elsewhere.
91 notices were served to abate overcrowding.