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Shoreditch 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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37.
The follcwing 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) | 9,511 |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | 19,397 |
| (2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Section 5, Housing Act 1936. | 2,675 |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose. | 2,726 |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 53 |
| 2. REMEDY (F DEFECTS DURING THE YEAR WITHOUT SERVICE OF NUISANCE NOTICES:- | |
| Number of premises where it was found necessary to serve Intimation Notices under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, to abate nuisances or remedy defects. | 2,943 |
| 3. ACTION UNDER STATUTORY POWERS DURING THE YEAR:- | |
| A.- Proceedings under Sections 9,10 and 16 Housing Act 1936 - | |
| (1) 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) By owners (b) By local authority in default of owners. | 1 1 |
| E.- Proceedings under Public Health Acts :- | |
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which nuisance notices were served requiring defects to be rcunedled | 397 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after 3ervice of nuisance notices: | |
| (a) By aimers | 417 |
| (b) Ey local authority in default of corners. | - |