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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered
| fit after service of Formal Notices :— | |
| (a) by Occupiers | 1 |
| (b) by Local Authority in default | Nil |
| Inspection of Dwelling-houses during 1951: | |
| Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health and Housing Acts) | 1969 |
| Number of inspections made for the purpose | 6821 |
| Number of dwelling-houses found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 533 |
| Remedy of defects without Service of Formal Notices: | |
| Number of dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority | 459 |
| Proceedings under Public Health Acts: | |
| Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Formal Notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 163 |
| Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were | |
| remedied after service of Formal Notices:— | |
| (a) by Owner | 117 |
| (b) by Local Authority in default | 1 |
WATER SUPPLY.
The Borough has a dual source of supply:—
The Metropolitan Water Board supplies an area
bounded on the West by the London Midland Region of
British Railways, on the north by a line along the Mutton
Brook to Bridge Lane and on the East by the Eastern
Division of British Railways.
The remaining northern portion of the Borough is
supplied by the Colne Valley Water Company.
1. The Metropolitan Water Board supplies selected
Thames water which has been subjected to purification
by storage in which time it is freed of the bulk
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