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Hendon 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Table: TABLE XVIIIoCLEARANCE AREAS AND INDIVIDUAL UNFIT HOUSES RETURN FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1953o

TABLE XVIIIo

CLEARANCE AREAS AND INDIVIDUAL UNFIT HOUSES RETURN FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1953o

Number of dwelling houses demolished in the periodNumber of persons displaced
Unfit housesOther houses
(1) Land coloured "pink"NIL-NIL
(2) land coloured "grey"-NILNIL
PART B - HOUSES NOT INCLUDED IN CLEARANCE AREAS
Numb Houseser of Persons displaced
DEMOLITION AND CLOSING ORDERS
(1) HOUSING ACT, 1936
(a) Houses demolished as a result of formal or Informal procedure under Section 11922
(b) Houses closed in pursuance of an undertaking given by the owners under Section 11, and still in forceNILNIL
(c) Parts of buildings closed (Section 12)18
(2) HOUSING ACT, 1919
(a) Closing Orders made under Section 3 (1)NILNIL
(b) Demolition orders determined and closing Orders substituted under Section 3 (2)NILNIL
(3) LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 1953 Closing Orders made under Section 10 (1)NILNIL
Number of Houses
REPAIRS
Informal Action
(4) Number of unfit or defective houses rendered fit during the period as a result of informal action by the local authority under the Public Health or Housing Acts452
Action under Statutory Porers
(5) PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS
Number of houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices (a) by owners87
(b) by local authority in default of owners1
(6) HOUSING ACT, 1936 Nuntier ofliouses made fit after service of formal notices (Sections 9, 10, 11 and 16) (a) by owners (b) bv local authority in default of ownersNIL