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
Southgate 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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| (1) Total Number of Dwelling-houses Inspected for Housing Defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 670 |
| (2) Number of Dwelling-houses which were Inspected and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 | 296 |
| (3) Number of Dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 8 |
| (4) Number of Dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding subheading) found not to be in all respects reasonably lit for human habitation | 363 |
| Number of defective Dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers | 313 |
| A. Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919. | |
| (1) Number of Dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | 18 |
| (2) Number of Dwelling-houses which were rendered fit — | |
| 18 | |
| Nil. | |
| (3) Number of Dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close | Nil. |