London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hendon 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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2. Transfers arranged to relieve overcrowding on Council Estates
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| 3. Number of families rehoused into Requisitioned Property | 110 |
| 4. Number of homeless families given emergency-accommodation in Half-Way Houses | 113 |
No demolition order was made by the Local Authority and no house was found to be in a state so dangerous, or injurious to health, as to be unfit for human habitation.
| Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 1516 |
| Number of inspections made for the purpose | 5280 |
| Number of dwelling-houses found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 781 |
| Number of dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their Officers | 519 |
| Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 91 |
| Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices:— | |
| (a) By Owner | 71 |
| (b) By Local Authority in default of | |
| Owner | None |