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Shoreditch 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 4,994 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied— | |
| (a) by owners | 4,994 |
| (b) by Local Authority in default of owners | — |
| C. Proceedings under Sections 17 and 18 of the Housing,Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909. | |
| (1) Number of representations made with a view to the making of Closing Orders | Nil. |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were made | |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the dwelling-houses having been rendered fit | |
| (4) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made | |
| (5) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | |
| 3.—Unhealthy Areas. | |
| Areas represented to the Local Authority with a view to Improvement Schemes under (a), Part I, or (b). Part II, of the Act of 1890 :—- | |
| (1) Name of area | Nil. |
| (2) Acreage | |
| (3) Number of working-class houses in area | |
| (4) Number of working-class persons to be displaced | |
| 4.—Number of houses not complying with the building bye-laws erected with consent of Local Authority under Section 25 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919 | Nil. |
5.—Staff engaged on housing work, with, briefly, the duties of each officer:—
So much of the time of the Medical Officer of Health, Senior Inspector, eleven Sanitary
Inspectors and five Clerks as may be necessary. The duties are as required under
the various Acts relating to the Health and Housing. In addition, it may be mentioned
that the services of the Borough Surveyor and his staff, together with those
of one Superintendent, a Caretaker, an Assistant Caretaker, and eight workmen,
with the necessary clerical assistance, are required in connection with some 394
dwellings for the working class, which are now the property of the Borough Council.