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Paddington 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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HOUSING.
(MINISTRY OF HEALTH TABLE.) Unfit Dwelling Houses.
| 1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I.- | ||||||
| (1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | ||||||
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District) | ||||||
| Regulations, 1910— | ||||||
| 2,332 | 2,020 | 2,074 | 2,108 | 2,373 | ||
| (6) Registered tenement houses inspected | 997 | 915 | 793 | 1,007 | 951 | |
| (c) Houses inspected under Housing Acts | 63 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| (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 | *1 | *2 | 1 | ||
| (4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 55 | 2 | 2 | |||
| * Underground rooms only. | ||||||
| II, | ||||||
| Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers | No record. | |||||
| III, | ||||||
| (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 | 55 | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit— | ||||||
| (a) by owners | 87 | 45 | 27 | — | — | |
| 9 | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close | — | — | — | — | _ | |
| (B) Proceedings under Public Health Acts— | ||||||
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied— | ||||||
| 1,892 | 2,198 | 1,861 | 2,040 | 2,177 | ||
| 2,570 | 2,572 | 1,942 | 2,110 | 1,967 | ||
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied— | ||||||
| (a) by owners | Not | available. | ||||
| (6) by Local Authority in default of owners | — | — | — | — | ||
| (C) Proceedings under Sections 17 and 18 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909, and Section 11 | ||||||
| Housing Act, 1925— | ||||||
| (1) Number of representations made with a view to the making of Closing Orders | 8 | _ | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were made | 8 | _ | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the dwelling-houses having been rendered fit | 4 | |||||
| (4) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| (5) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |