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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 12 - Continued.
| (c) | Proceedings under Section 17 of the Housing Act, 1957 | |
| (l) Dwelling houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made | 3 | |
| (2) Dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | 5 | |
| (3) Closing Orders made | 3 | |
| (d) | Proceedings under Section 18 of the Housing Act, 1957:- | |
| (l) Separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made | 9 | |
| (2) Closing Orders determined, the tenements or rooms having been rendered fit (Section 27) | 3 | |
| (e) | Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing Act, 1957:- | |
| Demolition Orders substituted, for Closing Orders | nil | |
| (f) | Proceedings under Section 42 of the Housing Act, 1957:- | |
| (l) Number of houses included by Representation by the Medical Officer of Health | 149 | |
| (2) Number of houses demolished in pursuance of Representations | nil | |
| 4.- | Housing Act, 1957: Part IV - Overcrowding:- | |
| (i) Number of overcrowded families on Register at the beginning of the year | 355 | |
| (ii) Number of new cases encountered during the year | 32 | |
| (iii) Number of cases relieved during the year (Review of Register) | 204 | |
| (iv) Number of overcrowded families on Register at the end of the year | 183 | |