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Shoreditch 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: 3. ACTION UNDER STATUTORY POWERS DURING THE YEAR.

3. ACTION UNDER STATUTORY POWERS DURING THE YEAR.

A. Proceedings undor Public Health Acts :-
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which nuisance notices were served requiring defects to be remedied188
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of nuisance notices
(a) by owners185
(b) by local authority in default of owners-
B. Proceedings under Sections 9,10 and 12 Housing Act 1957:- (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 defsult of owners ...-
C. Proceedings under Sections 16 and 23 of the Housing Act 1957.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made or Undertaking accepted... ...31
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders2
D. Proceedings under Section 18 of the Housing Act 1957.
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made or Undertaking accepted21
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms ip. respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit2
E. Proceedings under Section 42 of the Housing Act, 1957. (l) Number of houses included in representations by Medical Officer of Health
(2) Number of houses demolished in pursuance of representations-
F. Proceedings under Section 10 of Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953.
(l) Number of Closing Orders made5
(2) Number of Closing Orders determined.-