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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
Fulham 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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| 1 Unit dwelling-houses:- | |
| (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health and Housing Acts) | 4,704 |
| (b) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Consolidated) Regulations, 1925 | 367 |
| (c) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 5 |
| (d) Number of dwelling-hous.es (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding subheading) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 2,829 |
| 2. Remedy of defects without service of formal notices:— | |
| (a) Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the local authority or their officers | 1,586 |
| 3. Action under statutory powers:— | |
| (A) Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925:— | |
| (a) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | 260 |
| (b) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices:— (i) By owners | 213 |
| (ii) By local authority in default of owners | 1 |
| (c) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close | - |
| (B) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:— | |
| (a) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 375 |
| (b) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices:— (i) By owners | 343 |
| (ii) By local authority in default of owners | - |
| (C) Proceedings under Sections 11, 14 and 15 of the Housing Act, 192:— | |
| (a) Number of representations made with a view to the making of Closing Orders | - |