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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 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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To tal Unfi t HousesACTION IN FIRST 5 YEARS Number of houses to be dealt with by:-
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (CI ear- ance Areas)BOROUGH COUNCILS
Total(a) CI ear-ance Areas(b) Individual HousesNo. of houses to be retained for temporary accommodation
Administrative County of London BOROUGHS20,94712,5287,6666,4361, 230616 to be retained
Battersea728474254254-
Bermondsey1, 2897025874789100
Bethnal Green2, 4341, 71172367548
Camberwell99976123818454
Chelsea72•72=72
Deptford614436178178-
Finsbury4861703163115
Fulham3562321241204
Greenwich6134151981953
HACKNEY52731221595120
Hammersmith144144---
Hampstead8237979=
Hoi born361917125
Islington83434249292400
Kensington7846671815250516
Lambeth1,4181, 21919999100
Lewisham41817424422816
Paddington*4222996=6
Poplar1,3301, 1681627191
St, Marylebone25012612410519
St„ Pancras3711961751723
Shoreditch4123258787-
Southwark1 24074849240389
Stepney*2,6451, 60028826226
Stoke Newington12-1212-
Wandsworth8684474214174
Westminster121-1211156
Woolwich1,442596846746100
*Indicates that all unfit houses cannot be dealt with in the five years 1956-1960.

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These proposals may at any time with the Minister's approval, be amplified
or modified.
With regard to the individual unfit houses so far as Hackney is concerned
these are houses having basic defects and which in our opinion are incapable of
being rendered fit at a reasonable expensea and so qualify for demolition procedure
under the provisions of Section 11 of the Housing Act, 1936, It may
well prove to be the case, however that not all of these houses will be
demolished because at the time action is taken under Section 11 the owners may
in some instances submit offers to carry out the works necessary to render the
houses fit for human habitation and the Council in lieu of making demolition
orders will accept such undertakings
Section 2 of the Housing Repairs and Rents Act 1954 enables a local
authority to postpone the demolition of houses purchased by or belonging to
them in a clearance area if in their opinion the houses are or can be rendered