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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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In addition, one house has been 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, and the corresponding provisions in the
Housing Act, 1936, from its commencement to the end of 1937.
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.
Work under Housing Acts, 1930 and 1936 (included above) showing Position at 31st December, 1937.
| Number of dwelling-houses demolished. | Number of dwelling- houses made fit. | No. of persons displaced. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unfit houses. | Other houses. | From de-molished houses | To abate overcrowding | |||||
| Under Part 1 of the Act of 1930— | ||||||||
| (a) Clearance areas— | 249 | - | - | 818 | — | |||
| (b) Improvement areas | — | — | - | — | — | |||
| Number of dwelling- houses demolished (Sec. 19) | Parts of buildings closed. (Sec. 20) | Number of persons displaced from houses in Cols. 2 & 3 (Secs. 19 and 20) | Number of dwelling- houses made fit. (Secs. 17 to 20) | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | ||||
| Under Part II of the Act of 1930— | ||||||||
| 5 | — | 23 | 65 | |||||
In addition to the action reported above :—
(i) 31 insanitary houses have been demolished in anticipation
of formal procedure under Section 19.
(ii) 3,308 houses have been made fit as the result of informal
notice preliminary to formal notice under Section 9.