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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
Woolwich 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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SECTION IX.—HOUSING.
In accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of
Health, the following tabular statement is shewn:—
TABLE No. 79.
| Number of new houses erected during the year:— | |
| 172 | |
| (i) By the Local Authority | 110 |
| (ii) By other bodies or persons | — |
| (1) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 7,229 |
| (2) Number of dwelling houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 | 3,192 |
| (3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 10 |
| (4) Number of dwelling houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 716 |
| 2.—Remedy of Defects without Service of Formal Notices.* | |
| Number of defective dwelling houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers | 2,412 |