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 Finchley]
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Rents.
Annual Rental of £16 or under 3
,, ,, £16 to £26 40
,, ,, £26 to £40 125
,, ,, over £40 356
Owned by occupiers 72
596
Sanitation.
Number of houses where defects were found 469
Number of houses found to be in some
respect unfit for human habitation 251
Notices.
Number of informal notices served 436
Number of statutory notices served 4
Unfit Dwelling-houses Closed or Demolished.
During the year three blocks of unfit dwelling houses
were dealt with as clearance areas as follows:—
Clearance Area No. 1.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Wooders Cottages, Chapel Street,
N.2.
This area comprised six small back-to-back houses.
The Clearance Order in regard to the area was confirmed
by the Minister of Health and the houses have since been
vacated and demolished.
Clearance Area No. 2.
1123, 1125, 1127, 1129, 1131, 1133, 1135, 1137, 1139,
1139a, 1141, 1143 & 1145, High Road, Whetstone,
N.20.
This area comprised a terrace of thirteen dwellings.
The Clearance Order in regard to the area was confirmed
by the Minister of Health and at the end of the year the
necessary action was being taken to obtain possession for
the purpose of demolition.
Clearance Area No. 3.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 12, Swan Place, N.20.
This area comprised a terrace of eleven small houses
situated in a court yard.
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