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Shoreditch 1936

[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 statutory
notices were served requiring defects to be remedied (and see
2 above) 840
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied
after service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners 840
(b) By local authority in default of owners Nil
C.—Proceedings under sections 19 and 21 of the Housing Act, 1930:
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition
Orders were made or Undertaking accepted 2
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of
Demolition Orders Nil
D.—Proceedings under section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930 :
(1) 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, 1935.—Overcrowding:—
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at end of year
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling-houses have again become
overcrowded after the Local Authority have taken steps for the
abatement of overcrowding
(e) Any other particulars with respect to overcrowding conditions upon
which the Medical Officer of Health may consider it desirable to
report ...
See page 164 of this Section.
RENT RESTRICTIONS ACTS.
The number of these certificates issued during the last eight years wasasf ollows:—
1929—1; 1930—3; 1931—1; 1932—4; 1933—3; 1934—7; 1935—1;
1936—3.