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Woolwich 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: (b)Proceedings under the Public Health Acts:—

(b)Proceedings under the Public Health Acts:—

(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied295
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects wore remedied after service of formal notices:—
(a) By Owners289
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners—
(c) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936:—
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made3
(2) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders5
(d) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936:—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made6
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement, or room having been rendered fit—
4.—Housing Act, 1935—Overcrowding*
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year390
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein390
(Hi) Number of persons dwelling therein2,260
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year44
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year184
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases1,104
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling houses have again become overcrowded after the local authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding_*
*See paragraph on overcrowding below.

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Overcrowding.—Section 62 of the Housing Act, 1936, provides that within
six months of the appointed day, as fixed by the Minister of Health, every rent