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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

Feltham 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]

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are becoming owner/occupied and it is the Council's policy
that these should not normally be inspected. There was still
a shortage of builders and owners often had difficulty in
finding one to enable them to comply with notices. Owner/
occupiers waiting to carry out improvements also often
experienced this difficulty.

Table: Informal Action

Informal Action

Number of unfit or defective houses rendered fit during the period as a result of informal action by the local Authority113
Action under Statutory Powers
Number of houses reported to Public Health Committee with a view to service of formal notices16
Number of formal notices served12
Public Health Acts
Number of houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices:—
(a) by owners—
(b) by local authority in default of owners6
Housing Act, 1957
Number of houses made fit after service of formal notices (Sections 9 and 16):—
(a) by owners—
(b) by local authority in default of owners—

Table: Notices Served and Repairs or Improvements Effected

Notices Served and Repairs or Improvements Effected

InformalStatutory
Public Health and Housing Acts15626
Food and Drags Act129—
Factories Act18—
Shops Act55—
Middlesex County Council Acts7—
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act6—
Clean Air Act5673
Others1—
Food PremisesDwellings and Elsewhere
Rooms or contents cleansed11722
Sanitary accommodation cleansed1213
Walls or ceilings repaired22120
Floors repaired or improved1250
Windows, doors or woodwork repaired1184
Stoves, grates etc. repaired—14
Ventilation improved52
Lighting improved—1
Food Stores provided or improved—32
Sanitary accommodation repaired or improved2782