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Shoreditch 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH, HOUSING. Statistics for the Year 1927.
| Number of new houses erected during the year:— | |
| (a) Total (including numbers given separately under (b)) | 181 |
| (b) With State assistance under the Housing Acts | |
| (i) By the Local Authority. | |
| (ii) By other bodies or persons. | |
| 1.—Unfit dwelling houses. | |
| (1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts)... ' ... | 9,377 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Consolidated) Regulations, 1925 | - |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | - |
| (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 | — |
| 2.—Remedy of Defects without Service of formal Notices. | |
| Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their Officers | - |
| 3 —Action under Statutory Powers. | |
| A. Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925. | Nil. |
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit— | |
| (a) by owners | |
| (b) by Local Authority in default of owners | |
| (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 | 5,736 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied— (a) by owners | 5,736 |
| (b) by Local Authority in default of owners | — |