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Shoreditch 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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42.
The following table gives particulars of the work done under Housing Acts in the form required by the Ministry of Health :- the
| 1.INSPECTION OF DWELLING-HOUSES DURING THE YEAR. | |
| (1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspeoted for housing defeots (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 7,616 |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | 15,374 |
| (2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (l) above) which were inspected and reoorded under Section 5, Housing Act, 1936. | 1,451 |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose. | 1,483 |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 73 |
| 2. REMEDY OF 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 | 1,924 |
| 3. ACTION UNDER STATUTORY POWERS DURING THE YEAR. | |
| A. Proceedings under Public Health Acts :- | |
| (l) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which nuisance notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 238 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of nuisance notices. (a) by owners | 286 |
| (b) By local authority in default of owners. | — |
| B. 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) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices: (a) By Owners | |
| (b) By local authority in default of owners | "" |