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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
Stepney 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 9. HOUSING.
Statistics.
| 1 I. Inspection of dwelling houses during the year | |
| (l)(a) Dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 18,028 |
| (b) Inspections made for the purpose | 34,726 |
| (2)(a) Dwelling-houses inspected and recorded under Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 | 44 |
| (b) Inspections made for the purpose | 53 |
| (3) Dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 3 |
| (4) Dwelling-houses found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 6,503 |
| II. Remedy of defects during the year without service of Formal Notices:- | |
| Dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers | 5,077 |
| III. Action under Statutory powers during the year:- | |
| (a) Proceedings under Sections 9} 10 and 16 of Housing Act, 1936:- | |
| Dwelling-houses in respect of which Notices were served requiring repairs | Nil |
| (b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:- | |
| (1) Dwelling-houses in respect of which Notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 1,426 |
| (2j Dwelllng-hou«©s in which defects were remedied after service of Formal Notices:- | |
| (i) Ey Owners. | 1,426 |
| (ii) By Local Authority in default of Owner | Nil |
| (c) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of Housing Act, 1936:- | |
| (i) Dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition.Orders were made | 3 |
| (ii) Dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | 1 3 |
| (d ) Proceedings under Section 12 of Housing Act, 1936:- | |
| (1) Separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made | 29 |
| (ii) Closing Orders determined, the tenements or rooms having been rendered fit | Nil |
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