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Shoreditch 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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42.
The following table gives particulars of the work done under the Housing Acts in the form, required by the Ministry of Health :-
| 1. INSPECTION OF DWELLING-HOUSES DURING THE YEAR:- | |
| (l) (a) Total number of dwelling - houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 8,739 |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | 25,155 |
| (2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (l) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Section 5, Housing Act 1936 | 2,834 |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | 2,914 |
| (5) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 10 |
| 2. REMEDY OF DEFECTS DURING TEE YEAR WITHOUT SERVICE OF NUISANCE NOTICES | |
| Number of premises where it was found necessary to serve Intimation Notices under the Public Health (London) Aot, 1936, to abate nuisances or remedy defects | 4,608 |
| 3. ACTION UNDER STATUTORY POWERS DURING THE YEAR:- | |
| A.-Proceedings under Sections 9,10 and 16 Housing Act 1936 - | |
| (l) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | 2 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices: | |
| (a) Qy owners | 8 |
| (b) By local authority in default of owners | 8 |
| B.-Proceedings under Public Health Acts:- | |
| (l) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which nuisance notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 639 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of nuisance notices: | |
| (a) By owners | 659 |
| (b) By local authority in default of owners | - |