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Fulham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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INSPECTION OF DWELLING-HOUSES
A detailed analysis of all the inspections carried out during 1937 is given on pages 47-48. The following table gives the housing statistics in the form required by the Minister of Health.
TABLE 15
| 1. | ||
| (1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 5,877 | |
| 22,670 | ||
| (2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 | 273 | |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | 2,470 | |
| (3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | - | |
| (4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 2,803 | |
| 2. | ||
| Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers | 2,366* | |
| 3. | - | |
| (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 | 15 | |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices:— | ||
| (a) By owners | 9 | |
| (b) By Local Authority in default of owners | 3* | |
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 564 | |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices:— | ||
| 520* | ||
| (b) By Local Authority in default of owners | — | |
| (c).—Proceedings under sections 19 and 21 of the Housing Act, 1930:— | ||
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made | - | |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | 2 | |
| (d).—Proceedings under section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930:— | ||
| (1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made | 71 | |
| (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit | - |
During the year applications made to the Public Health Department of the Borough for
accommodation on the London County Council Estates were dealt with in the following manner:—
47 families were recommended to the County Council for preferential consideration;
24 families proved upon enquiry to be unsuitable for recommendation, but 11 of these
applications were forwarded to the London County Council for inclusion in the
"ordinary list " of applicants;
31 applicants made inquiries, but did not return their application forms;
27 certificates of overcrowding were issued on request to the London County Council, and
6 cases were certified as "not overcrowded";
25 cases of families occupying basement rooms were referred to the Department by the London
County Council, but in no instance were the rooms found to be "underground rooms,"
which could be closed under the provisions of the Housing Act ;
11 cases were referred to the Department by the County Medical Officer of Health for
certificates of the need for other accommodation on health grounds; certificates were
issued in nine instances;
21 applicants refused accommodation offered by the London County Council, mainly on
account of the distance of the Estate from their place of employment.