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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D (12)b Remedy of defects during the year without service of
Formal Notices
Number of defective dwelling houses rendered fit in
consequence of informal action by the local
authority 311
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 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 39
(2) No. of houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal Notices
(a) By owner 39
(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 1
(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
The demolition order referred to in (c)(1) above was made
in respect to Magazine Cottage, Thames Riverbank.
The two dwellings Manor House Crossness, and Avenue
Lodge South Road, were demolished by informal action.