London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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| (a) By Owners | 1 |
| (b) By Local Authority in default of owners | Nil |
| (b) Proceedings under the Public Health Acts— | |
| (1) Number of Dwelling-Houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 223 |
| (2) Number of Dwelling-Houses in which defects were remedied after service of Formal Notices :— | |
| (a) By Owners | 195 |
| (b) By Local Authority in default of owners | Nil |
| (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 | 6 |
| (2) Number of Dwelling-Houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | 3 |
| (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 | Nil |
| (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been made fit | 1 |
| 4. Housing Act, 1936, Part IV— Overcrowding :— | |
| (a) 1. Number of Dwellings overcrowded at end of year | 154 |
| 2. Number of Families dwelling therein | 266 |
| 3. Number of Persons dwelling therein | 1,075 |
| (b) Number of New Cases of Overcrowding reported during the year | 47 |
| (c) 1. Number of New Cases of Overcrowding relieved during the year | 5 |
| 2. Number of Persons concerned in such cases | 18 |
| (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 | Nil |