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Hackney 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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It will thus be seen that the Borough Council's comprehensive
programme for slum clearance, framed in 1930, has proceeded
without unavoidable delay, and it is expected that the Borough
Council will have completed its programme of demolition of
clearance areas and re-housing on the Lower Clapton Road and
Banister Street sites within the five-year period contemplated in
1930.
When the County Council has completed its agreed programme,
every unhealthy area ear-marked for attention as a clearance
area during the survey of the Borough in 1928 will have been demolished
and the tenants of the houses therein, amounting to a
population of approximately 6,335 persons, will have been re-housed
in modern flat dwellings within the Borough.
HOUSING STATISTICS.
The Housing conditions of the Borough are reported upon in the following form in accordance with the directions of the Ministry of Health:—
| 1. Inspection of Dwelling-houses during the Year:— | |
| (1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 9,349 |
| 35,154 | |
| (2) (as) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 | 1,614 |
| 2,544 | |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation (suitable for Demolition) | 117 |
| (4) Number of dwelling-bouses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 5,362 |
| 2. Remedy of Defects without Service of Formal Notice:— | |
| Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers | 4,069 |
| 3. Action under Statutory Powers:— | |
| A.— Proceedings under Sections 17, 18 and 23 of the Housing Act, 1930. | |
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | 16 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices— | |
| 10 | |
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