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Woolwich 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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INDIVIDUAL UNFIT HOUSES
The following individual unfit houses and parts of houses were represented by me during the year as unfit for human habitation and not capable of being made fit at reasonable expense.
| Demolition Orders | 85 Grangehill Road; 19 Warspite Road. |
| Closing Orders | 25 Cantwell Road; 1 Marmadon Road. |
| Closing Orders | part of premises) |
| 86 Hudson Road (basement back,north living room;base-ment front,south room) | |
| 16 Gavin Street (basement front room) |
During the year the Council determined Closing Orders
in respect of 25 Glenside Road, 42 Raglan Road, 31
Bramblebury Road, 10 Woolwich Common (basement rooms),86
Eltham Road (basement rooms), and 126 Ancona Road (basement
back room).
The Council agreed to the payment of compensation
under Section 17 of the Housing Act, 1957 as fixed by the
District Valuer to the owner/occupier of No.l Anglesea
Avenue, Woolwich, following the making of a Demolition
Order by the Council.
CERTIFICATES OF UNFITNESS
Under the Housing Subsidies Act, 1956, where a local
authority proposes to demolish dwellings which have been
purchased by them for clearance purposes, to establish
the unfitness of these dwellings the Minister of Housing
and Local Government requires a Certificate from the
Medical Officer of Health as to the unfitness of the
dwellings and also requires the local authority to pass
a Resolution that the houses be demolished as unfit.
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