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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
Hornchurch 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 18 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices:— | |
| (a) By owners | 12 |
| (b) By Local Authority in default of owners | 6 |
| (c) Proceedings under sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936:— | |
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made | 9 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | 22 |
| (d) Proceedings under section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936:— | |
| (1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made | 0 |
| (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit | 0 |
| 1 | |
| (a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year | 24 |
| (ii) Number of families dwelling therein | 24 |
| (iii) Number of persons dwelling therein | 228 |
| (b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year | 4 |
| (c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year | 29 |
| (ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases | 203 |
| (d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling-houses have again become overcrowded after the Local Authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding | 0 |
| (e) Other particulars with respect to overcrowding | Nil. |