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Haringey 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Haringey]

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Defects remedied following action by District Public Health Inspectors
Drains repaired 27 premises
Drains cleared 20
W.C. cisterns repaired or renewed 105
W.C. pans renewed or cleansed 39
Flush pipes repaired 23
Waste pipes repaired or renewed 142
Rain water pipes repaired or renewed 100
Roofs repaired or renewed 518
Eaves gutters repaired or renewed 215
Drinking water cisterns renewed or covered 3
Water service pipes repaired 24
Yards repaired or reconstructed 12
Floors repaired or renewed 189
Dampness remedied 473
Window frames and sashes repaired, renewed or painted 498
Fire places, stoves and ovens repaired or renewed 6
Flues and chimney stacks repaired 6
Brickwork of walls repaired and walls rebuilt 99
Wallpaster repaired 395
Ceiling plaster repaired 251
Rooms cleansed 1
Staircases, balconies and steps repaired or renewed 27
Noxious accumulations removed 100
Nuisances from animals abated 2
Miscellaneous defects remedied 256
Statutory Notices Served
Housing Act 1957
Section 9 (Repairs) 1
Section 78 (Overcrowding) 12
Housing Act 1961 (Houses in Multiple Occupation)
Section 12 (Management Orders) 2
Section 14 (Neglect of Management) 2
Section 15 (Amenities) 15
Section 16 (Means of Escape in case of Fire) 16
Section 19 (Limitation of number of occupants) 4
Housing Act 1964 (Improvements)
Section 16 (Immediate Improvement Notice) 1
Section 17 (Suspended Improvement Notice) 1
Public Health Act 1936
Section 39 (Drainage) 43
Section 45 (Repairs of W.C.'s) 11
Section 79 (Accumulations of refuse) 7
Part III (Statutory nuisances) 263
Public Health Act 1961
Section 17 (Drainage) 49
Tottenham Corporation Act 1952
Section 43 (Urgent Repairs) 144
G.L.C. (General Powers) Act 1967
Section 23 (Water supply) 1
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