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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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NOTICES TO REMEDY DEFECTS AND ABATE NUISANCES.
| Informal Action. | ||
| Preliminary intimations | 437 | |
| Verbal intimations | 80 | |
| Interviews | 520 | |
| Statutory Action. | ||
| Act and Section. Housing Act, 1936 | ||
| Section 9 (Repairs) | 1 | — |
| Section 24 (Drainage) | 3 | |
| Section 39 (Drainage) | 33 | 23 |
| Section 45 (Defective Closets) | 9 | — |
| Section 46 (Insufficient Closets) | 1 | 1 |
| Section 75 (Dustbins) | 11 | 11 |
| Section 92/93 (Nuisances) | 80 | 53 |
| 3 | 1 | |
In the main the work called for by Statutory Notices was carried
out by the owners, but work in default was done by the Local
Authority in the following cases :—
(1) Under the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949, art area
of land was cleared of rubbish and treated for rat infestation,
of a total cost of £59 7s. 3d. on the owner's failure to comply
with a notice served under Section 4 of the Act.
(2) An urgent drain repair was carried out at a cost of £4 5s. 6d.
after agreement with the owner concerned in order to avoid
the delay of serving statutory notice under the Public Health
Act 1936.
In all cases where the Local Authority do work in default, the
cost is recovered from the persons responsible in law.
Legal proceedings were taken in the following cases :—
(1) Three cases under Section 94, Public Health Act, 1936, on
3lst March, 1955, 18th April, 1955 and 21st July, 1955, when, in