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 Hayes]
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(b) Number of dwelling houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices:
(i) by owners | - |
(ii) by Local Authority in default of owners | - |
(a) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 17 |
(b) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices: | |
(i) by owners | 20 |
(ii) by Local Authority in default of owners | - |
(a) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made or Undertakings given | |
(b) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | 2 |
(a) Number of dwellings in respect of which Closing Orders were made | - |
(b) Number of dwellings closed in pursuance of Closing Orders | 1 |
(c) Number of dwellings in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the dwellings having been rendered fit | - |
(5) Proceedings under Section 44 of the Housing Act, 1957. | |
(a) Number of Clearance Areas declared | 1 |
(b) Number of unfit dwellings included in Clearance Areas | 8 |
(c) Number of unfit dwellings in Clearance Areas demolished | 16 |
Overcrowding.
At the end of the year only 14 dwellings were known to be
overcrowded. This figure represents 0.07% of the total dwellings
in the district showing that statutory overcrowding has now
ceased to be a problem.
The legal standard for overcrowding is however a very low
one and generally held to be out-of-date and In need of revision.
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