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Twickenham 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]

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Table 11.

Housing Statistics

HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT HOUSES ELSEWHERE Return for the Year ended 31st December, 1957
A. HOUSES DEMOLISHED
In Clearance Areas; (Housing Act, 1936.and Housing Repairs, and Rents Act, 1954)Houses Demo I-i shedDisplaced duringYear Dersons Families
(1) Houses unfit for human habitation652
(2) Houses included by reason of bad arrangements, etc.---
(3) Houses on land acquired under Section 27, Housing Act, 1936---
Not in Clearance Areas:
(4) As a result of formal or informal procedure under Section 11, Housing Act, 1936572
B. UNFIT HOUSES CLOSED Number
(5) Under Section 11,Housing Act,1936, and Sections 10(1 )andn(2) Local Govt. (Misc. Prov.) Act.195393513
(6) Under Sections 3(l)and3(2)Housing Act, 1949
(7) Parts of buildings closed under Section 12. Housing Act, 19361133
C. UNFIT HOUSES MADE FIT AND HOUSES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE REMEDIED
By OwnerBy Local Authority
(8) After informal action by local authority294_
(9) After formal notice under: (a) Public Health Acts37
(b) Housing Act, 1936--
(10) Under Section 5 Housing Repairs and Rents Act 1954-_
D. UNFIT HOUSES IN TEMPORARY USE (Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954)
Position at the end of year:Number °fhouses(1)Number of separate dwe11ings containea in column (1) (2)
(11) Retained for temporary accommodation:
(a) under Section 2-
(b) under Section 3--
(c) under Section 4--
(12) Licensed for temporary occupation under Section 6--
E. PURCHASE OF HOUSES BY AGREEMENT
Number, °f nouses(1)Number of occupants of houses in column (1) (2)
(13) Houses in Clearance Areas other than those included in confirmed Clearance Orders or Compulsory Purchase Orders purchased in the year
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