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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
Wimbledon 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| (a) By owners | 163 |
| (b) By local authority in default of owners | Nil |
| 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 | Nil |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | Nil |
| 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 | Nil |
| (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit | Nil |
| 4. Housing Act, 1936.—Part IV.—Overcrowding:— | |
| (a) (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year | 88 |
| (2) Number of families dwelling therein | 146 |
| (3) Number of persons dwelling therein | 717 |
| (b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year | 9 |
| (c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year | 28 |
| (2) Number of persons concerned in such cases | 153 |
| (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 | Nil |
On 31st December, 1937, the two hundred and fourteen
cases of overcrowding found at the original survey had been
reduced to eighty-eight. This was effected by overcrowded
families obtaining additional accommodation in their present
dwellings, by removing to available empty houses, or by the
Local Authority re-housing overcrowded families in Council
houses whenever suitable vacancies occurred.
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