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Carshalton 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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(b) Proceeding under Public Health Acts.
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which formal
notices were served requiring defects to be remedied 65
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were remedied
after service of formal notices:—
(a) By Owners 26
(b) By Local Authority 27
4. Housing Act, 1957—Part IV (Overcrowding).
(a) (1) Number of dwelling houses overcrowded at the end of the
year 33
(2) Number of families dwelling therein 49
(3) Equivalent number of adults dwelling therein 208½
(b) Number of new cases reported during the year 14
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the
year 27
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases 193½
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling houses have
again become overcrowded after the local authority
have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding —
Overcrowding
During the year 14 cases of overcrowding were found and 27 cases
were remedied leaving 33 dwellings with 208½ equivalent adults in occupation
still overcrowded at the year end.
The known position in respect of statutory overcrowding at the beginning and end of the year was as follows:—
| Ward | Dwellings overcrowded at 31/12/57 | Dwellings found overcrowded during 1958 | Dwellings de-crowded during 1958 | Dwellings remaining overcrowded at 31/12/58 | Overcrowded cases remedied during 1958 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal Action | Informal Action | Total | |||||
| St. Helier North | 19 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| St. Helier South | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| St. Helier West | 12 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| North-East | 3 | 2 | _ | 5 | — | — | — |
| North-West | 2 | — | _ | 2 | — | — | — |
| Central | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 |
| South-West | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| South-East | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Total | 46 | 14 | 27 | 33 | 12 | 15 | 27 |