London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 13.
HOUSING STATISTICS
| 1. Inspection of dwelling-houses during the year:- | |||
| (1) | (a) | Dwelling-houses inspected for housing | |
| defects ("under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 4,342 | ||
| (b) | Inspections made for the purpose | 11,312 | |
| (2) | (a) | Dwelling-houses inspected and recorded under Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925. | 927 |
| (b) | Inspections made for the purpose | 1,044 | |
| (3) | Dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 24 | |
| (4) | Dwelling-houses found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for habitation | 2,186 | |
| II. Reir | tedy 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 | 1,663 | ||
| III. Act | ion under statutory powers during the year:- | ||
| (a) | Proceedings under Sections 9, 10 and 12 of Housing Act, 1937 | ||
| 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 | 523 | |
| (2 | ) Dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices - | ||
| (i) By owners | 507 | ||
| (ii) By local authority in default of owners | 16 | ||