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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
Richmond upon Thames 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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Rats and Mice Destruction Act.
The provisions of this Act have been enforced during the year,
and in 15 instances '"preliminary" intimations have been served
upon the owners and occupiers of premises to eradicate rodents."
and render the premises rat proof.
Signed, GEORGE LAWS,
Chief Sanitary Inspector.
Number of new houses erected during the year
| (a) Total | 123 | |
| (111 Houses, 12 Flats). | ||
| (b) With State assistance under the Housing Acts:- | ||
| (1) By the Local Authority | 10 | |
| (2) By other bodies or persons | 113 | |
| (12 Flats) | ||
| 1. Unfit dwelling-houses. Inspection- | ||
| (l) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 1519 | |
| (2) Number of dwelling houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910, or the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1926 | 502 | |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | ||
| (4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding subheading) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 978 | |