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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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From this it will be seen that some 268 houses have actually
been demolished or are awaiting demolition, while one house
is permanently closed.
The following table is a copy of the Quarterly Return—
Form H.256—to the Ministry of Health, and sets out the work
under the Housing Act, 1930, from its commencement to the
end of 1935. The figures referred to in the above summary,
however, are not clearly reflected therein as only such figures
are included as relate to completed transactions under the Act.
Similar remarks also apply to a progress return submitted
to the Ministry of Health on Form 256A, as in that return only
the progress of the scheme containing a second schedule of work
submitted to the Ministry as required by Circular 1331 is shown.
This scheme or programme covers 249 houses only and does not
take into account 90 additional houses already dealt with under
the first schedule and therefore not resubmitted in the programme
required by the above-mentioned circular.
Work under Housing Act, 1930 (included above) showing Position at 31st December, 1935.
| Number of dwelling-houses demolished. | Number of dwelling- houses made fit. | No. of persons displaced. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From demolished houses. | To abate overcrowding | |||||||
| Unfit houses. | Other houses. | |||||||
| Under Part 1 of the Act of 1930— | ||||||||
| (a) Clearance areas— | 124 | — | — | 404 | — | |||
| (b) Improvement areas | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| (1) | Number of dwelling- houses demolished (Sec. 19) (2) | Parts of buildings closed. (Sec. 20) (3) | Number of persons displaced from houses in Cols. 2 & 3 (Secs. 19 and 20) (4) | Number of dwelling- houses made fit. (Secs. 17 to 20) (5) | ||||
| Under Part II of the Act of 1930— | ||||||||
| (c) Insanitary houses not included in clearance areas or improvement areas | 2 | — | 11 | 38 | ||||