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Leyton 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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72
Sanitary Circumstances
of the Area
SECTION 1.—HOUSING.
STATISTICS
Complaints Received.
1,759 Housing complaints were received and dealt with by the Sanitary
Inspectors. In almost every instance the complaint concerned some item
or items of disrepair which had given rise to undesirable conditions such as
dampness, leaking roofs, broken wall plaster, decayed floor timbers and the like.
A proportion of the complaints concerned enquiries from various sources
in relation to overcrowding and unsatisfactory housing conditions. The
circumstances of each case were fully investigated and reported to the
Authority with which the applicants were registered for rehousing.
Details of the improvements effected by completion of work specified on
sanitary notices are given on page 74, but the benefit to the occupants in
terms of comfort and health cannot be measured or fully appreciated by
reference to figures.
Local Land Charge Enquiries.
Land charge enquiries were received in respect of 1,695 properties.
These involved a search of office records to ascertain whether any sanitary
notices (statutory or informal) had been served in respect of the premises
concerned and to what extent (if any) the notices had been complied with.
INSPECTION OF DWELLING-HOUSES AND STATUTORY
ACTION
Housing Acts and Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925/32.
The following table contains details of the number of houses demolished or closed as a result of representations made under the provisions of Sections 11 and 12 of the Housing Act, 1936.
| , | Number of | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | Persons Displaced | |
| 22 | ||
| Nil | Nil | |
| (c) Parts of buildings closed (Section 12) | Nil | Nil |