Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 295 |
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects wore remedied after service of formal notices:— | |
289 | |
— | |
(c) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936:— | |
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made | 3 |
(2) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | 5 |
(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 made | 6 |
(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* | |
390 | |
390 | |
2,260 | |
44 | |
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year | 184 |
1,104 | |
_* | |
*See paragraph on overcrowding below. |
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