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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
Hackney 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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SUMMARY OF ACTION TAKEN UNDER THE HOUSING ACT, 1936
| Section 4 | |
| Failure to include prescribed information in rent books, warning notices served | 16 |
| Section 6 | |
| Contravention of Byelaws relating to houses let in lodgings | 3 |
| Sections 9 and 10 | |
| Premises inspected Premises found to be not in all respects fit for human habitation Informal Notices served Formal Notices served | 11 11 2 40 |
| Premises made fit (a) after service of informal notices (b) after service of formal notices (i) wholly by owners 77 (ii) wholly by Council in default of owners 22 (iii) partly by owners and partly by Council 12 | 174 63 111 |
| Notices withdrawn, premises having been acquired under a Compulsory Purchase Order | 5 |
| Section 11 | |
| Demolition Orders made Houses demolished (a) after service of Demolition Order 5 (b) voluntarily by owner | 3 5 |
| Undertakings (a) undertaking to make premises fit accepted by Council in lieu of making a Demolition Order (b) premises made fit in pursuance of undertaking | 1 |
| Section 12 | |
| Closing Orders made Undertaking accepted in lieu of making Closing Orders | 3 2 |
| Section 25 | |
| Areas represented Number of houses therein Number of inhabitants | 4 16 46 |