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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
Dagenham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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HOUSING STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1935.
Number of New Houses erected during the year:—
| Total | 560 | |
| (1) | By the Local Authority | Nil. |
| By other Local Authorities | Nil. | |
| By other bodies and persons | 560 | |
1.
| (1) | (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 1,652 |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | 4,676 | |
| (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above), which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 | 1,225 | |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | 2,526 | |
| Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 4 | |
| (4) | Number of dwelling-houses (excluding those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 255 |