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Barnet 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]

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Table: HOUSING STATISTICS.

HOUSING STATISTICS.

1. Inspection of dwelling houses during the year:-
(1)(a) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts.)232
(b) Number of Inspections made for the purpose274
(2)(a) Number of dwelling houses (included under sub-head (1) above) which vera inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations 1925.Nil
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose.Nil
(3)Number of houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation.Nil
(4)Number of dwelling houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation.58
2.Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal Notices Number of defective houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers.51
3.Action under Statutory Powers during the years-
A -Proceedings under Sections 9, 10 and 16 of the Housing Act, 1936:-(l) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs.Nil
(2) Number of duelling houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notice s;-(a) by owners.Nil
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners.Nil
B -Proceedings under Public Health Acts- (l) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied.Nil
(2) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which defects were remedied after service of formal noticess-(a) by owners.Nil
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners.Nil
Outstanding Notices.Nil
C -Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936:-(l) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made.Nil
(2) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders.Nil
D -Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936:-(l) 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 rendered fit.Nil
4.Housing Act, 1936 - Overcrowding:-
A -(l) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year.-
(2) Number of families dwelling therein.-
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein.-
B -Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year.-
C -(1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year.—
(2). Number of persons concerned in such cases.-
D -Particulars of such cases in - which dwelling houses have again become overcrowded after the Local Authority have taken steps for the abstement of overcrowding.-