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Bromley 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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TABLE XV.

Housing Statistics for the Year, 1937.

Total number of inhabited houses at 31st December, 1937 (according to rate books)16545
The number of houses for which plans have been approved during 1937 is as follows:—
(a) By private enterprise462
(b) By Local AuthoritiesNil.
1- Inspection of Ilt/vl/ing-liouses during the year-.—
(1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts)810
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose4696
(2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925115
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose1495
(•3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation*15
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding subhead) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation655
Remedy of Defects during the Year without Servioe of Formal Notices :—
dumber of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers744

* Informal action to secure closure of these 15 houses is proceeding
satisfactorily.