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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 13 (contd.)
| (c) | Proceedings under Sections 16 and 23 of Housing Act, 1957 - | |
| (i) Dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made | 4 | |
| (ii) Dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of | 4 | |
| (d) | Proceedings under Section 18 of Housing Act, 1957 - | |
| I (i) Separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made | 22 | |
| (ii) Closing Orders determined, the tenements or rooms having been rendered fit | Nil | |
| (e) | Proceedings under Section 42 of Housing Act, 1957 - (i) No. of houses included by representation by Medical Officer of Health | 71 |
| (ii) No. of houses demolished in pursuance of representations | 99 | |
| (f) | Proceedings under Section 28 of Housing Act, 1957 - | |
| (i) Closing Orders made | Nil | |
| (ii) Closing Orders determined | Nil | |
| IV. Housing Act, 1957, Part IV - Overcrowding:- | ||
| (i) No. of overcrowded families on register at beginning of year | ||
| (ii) No. of new cases encountered during year | 7 | |
| (iii) No. of cases relieved during the year | 20 | |
| (iv) No. of overcrowded families on. register at end of year | 430 | |