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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Shoreditch 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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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, 1956, to abate nuisances or remedy defects | 850 |
| 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 | 132 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of nuisance notices | |
| (a) by owners | 134 |
| (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 default of owners | — |
| C. Proceedings under Sections 16 17 and 23 of the Housing Act 1957 | |
| (]) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made or Undertaking accepted | 27 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | 28 |
| D. Proceedings under Section 18 of the Housing Act 1957. | |
| (l) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made or Undertaking accepted | 27 |
| (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit | 2 |