Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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SECTION D — HOUSING. TABLE 24. Housing Statistics for 1961.
1. Number of dwellings owned by the Local Authority:— | |
Number of houses | 1395 |
Number of Flats | 641 |
Total | 2036 |
2. Unfit Houses.
(a) Dwelling houses inspected 310
(b) Total number of visits made 1048
(c) Clearance Areas represented to Council 1
(d) Dwellings included in (c) above 7
(e) Compulsory Purchase Orders made by Council 1
(f) Dwellings demolished after Clearance Orders made 50
(g) Dwellings represented for Demolition or Closing
Orders 4
(h) Undertakings received that dwellings be not used
for human habitation 1
(i) Closing Orders made
(a) in respect of whole of building 2
(b) in respect of part of building 1
(j) Dwellings demolished in pursuance of Demolition
Order Nil.
(k) Undertakings received to repair part of a building Nil.
(l) Closing Orders determined on part of a building
being made fit 1
(m) Undertakings cancelled on part of a building
being made fit 2
(n) Dwellings in respect of which formal notices were
served requiring defects to be remedied 13
(o) Dwellings in which defects were remedied after
service of formal notices 8
(p) Dwellings in respect of which informal notices
were served requiring defects to be. remedied 187
(q) Dwellings in which defects were remedied after
service of informal notices 161