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 Brentford and Chiswick]
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Fisher s Lane No. 3 Clearance Area, 1958
Nos. 1-9 (odd numbers) Fisher s Lane, Chiswick.
Essex Place Clearance Area, 1958
Nos. 2 and 4 Essex Place, Chiswick,
No. 378A High Road, Chiswick.
High Street, Brentford No. 1 Clearance Area, 1959
Nos. 409/410 High Street, Brentford.
High Street, Brentford No. 2 Clearance Area, 1959
Nos. 248/249 and Nos. 250/251 High Street, Brentford.
The Council further determined that the above Clearance Areas be made the
subject of Compulsory Purchase Orders.
High Street, Brentford No 3 Clearance Area 1959
Nos. 142 - 147 (consecutive numbers) High Street, Brentford.
Half Acre No. 1 Clearance Area 1959
Nos. 38 - 48 (consecutive numbers) Half Acre, Brentford.
Ealing Road No 1 Clearance Area 1959
Nos. 45 - 53 (odd numbers) Ealing Road, Brentford.
The Council further determined that these houses, together with certain
other lands forming the sites of Nos. 35-41 (odd numbers) Ealing Road, should
be made the subject of a Compulsory Purchase Order.
Council Owned Houses
Nos. 14-20 (even numbers) Sutton Lane, Chiswick.
These 4 houses were certified by the Medical Officer of Health as being
unfit for human habitation and that the best method of dealing with same was for
them to be demolished.
The Minister of Housing and Local Government confirmed the Council's action
on the 18th November, 1959.
HOUSING STATISTICS
1.inspection of Dwellinghouses during the year:
(1) Total number of dwellinghouses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 604
(2) Number of dwellinghouses (included under Sub-Head(l)
above) which were inspected and recorded under the
Housing Consolidation Regulations, 1925 Nil
(3) Number of dwellinghouses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for
human habitation 125
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