Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Action under Statutory Powers during the year.
(a) Proceedings under Sections 9 and 10 Housing
Act, 1936
(1) No. of houses in respect of which Notices
were served requiring repairs 0
(2) No. of houses which were rendered fit after
service of formal notices
(a) By owner 0
(b) By Local Authority 0
(b) Proceedings under the Public Health Act.
(1) No. of houses in which Notices were served
requiring defects to be remedied 34
(2) No. of houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal Notices
(a) By owner 34
(b) By Local Authority 0
(c) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the
Housing Act, 1936.
(1) No. of houses in respect of which
demolition orders were made 3
(2) No. of houses demolished in pursuance of
demolition orders 0
(d) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing
Act, 1936
(1) No. of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which closing orders
were made 0
(2) No. of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which closing orders
were determined, the tenement or room
having been made fit 0
Numbers 1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 20 and 23 Crossness Cottages
were demolished by informal action.
The Demolition Orders referred to in (c) (1) above were
made in respect to:—
187, 189 and 191, Lower Road, Belvedere.
The acute problem of housing continues to give considerable
anxiety, and I am indebted to the Borough Engineer and