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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
Romford 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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Table 11.
5—HOUSING STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR, 1948.
Table 12.
| No. of Houses erected during the Year:— | |
| (1) By Local Authority | 316 |
| (2) By Private Enterprise | 97 |
| 1. Inspection of Dwelling-Houses during the Year:— | |
| (l) (a) Total number of Dwelling-Houses inspected for Housing Defects (under the Public Health or Housing Acts) | 1,263 |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose . | 4,171 |
| (2) (a) Number of Dwelling-Houses (included under subhead (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 Dwelling-Houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be | |
| unfit for human habitation | 2 |
| (4) Number of dwelling-Houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceeding subhead) found not to be in all respects fit for human habitation | 1,058 |
| 2. Remedy of Defects during the Year without service of Formal Notices:— | |
| Number of Dwelling-Houses rendered fit in consequence of Informal action by the Local Authority or their Officers | 855 |
| 3. Action under Statutory Powers during the Year:— | |
| (a) Proceedings under Sections 9, 10 and 16 of the Housing Act, 1936— | |
| (1) Number of Dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | 105 |
| (2) Number of Dwelling-Houses which were rendered fit after service of Formal Notices:— | |
| (a) By Owners | 60 |
| (b) By Local Authority in default of owners | 1 |
| (b) Proceedings under the Public Health Acts— | |
| (1) Number of Dwelling-Houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 33 |
| (2) Number of Dwelling-Houses in which defects were | |
| remedied after service of Formal Notices:— | |
| (a) By Owners | 25 |
| (b) By Local Authority in default of Owners | 5 |