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Penge 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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HOUSING.
Number of new houses erected during the year -
Number of new self-contained flats erected during
the year (2 blocks) 34
No houses were converted into flats during the year.
1. Inspection of dwellinghouses during the year;
| (1) (a) Total number of dwellinghouses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 370 |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | 410 |
| (2) (a) Number of dwellinghouses (Included under sub-head (1) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 and 1932 | Nil |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | Nil |
| (3) Number of dwellinghouses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | Nil |
| (4) Number of dwellinghouses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 340 |
| 2. Remedy of Defects without service of formal notices: | |
| Number of defective dwellinghouses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers | 324 |
| 3. Action under Statutory Powers: | |
| (a) Proceedings under Housing Act, 1936 | Nil |
| (b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts. (1) Number of dwellinghouses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 16 |
| (2) Number of dwellinghouses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices: | |
| (a) By Owners | 16 |
| (b) By Local Authority in default of Owners | - |
| 4. Housing Act, 1936 - Overcrowding: | |
| Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year | 13 |
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
Diphtheria.
Seven cases were notified (compared with 20 the previous year),
this being the lowest number recorded in one year since Penge
became an Urban District.
6.