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Leyton 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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HOUSING.
45 houses erected under the Council's Scheme, all of Type B,
are now in occupation.
The need for an additional sanitary inspector, alluded to in
last year's report, received further consideration, and Mr. E. J.
Steeden, Certificate R.S.I., was appointed. He commenced duty
on November 1st.
STATEMENT, required by Article V. of the Housing ( Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910, in regard to the inspection of dwelling-houses under Section 17 (1) of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909.
| Number of dwelling-houses inspected under and for the purposes of the section | 665 |
| Number of such dwelling-houses which were considered to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | Nil. |
| Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which representations were made to the local authority with a view to the making of closing orders | Nil. |
| Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which closing orders were made by the local authority | Nil. |
| Number of dwelling-houses the defects in which were remedied without the making of closing orders | 308 |
| Number of dwelling-houses which, after the making of closing orders, were made fit for human habitation | Nil. |
| General character of the defects found to exiit in the dwelling-houses inspected | Leaking drains; broken ventilating pipes; w.c. flushing cisterns and pipes out of order; cracked and broken w.c. pans; broken, cracked and porous scullery sinks and waste pipes; leaking roofs; absence of, or broken paving around houses; holes in plaster of ceilings and walls; damp walls; want of ventilation under ground floors; general uncleanly conditions. |
INCREASE OF RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST
(RESTRICTIONS) ACT, 1920.
The medical officer of health issued 48 certificates during
the year.