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Beddington and Wallington 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]

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1. Unfit Dwelling Houses.
Inspection. (1) Total number of Dwelling Houses
inspected for housing defects (under Public
Health or Housing Acts) 351
(2) Number of Dwelling Houses which were
inspected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 110
(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-heading)
found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for
human habitation 258
2. Remedy of Defects Without Service of Formal
Notices.
Number of defective Dwelling Houses rendered fit
in consequence of informal action by the Local
Authority or their Officers 237
3. Action under Statutory Powers.
A. Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing,
Town Planning Act, 1919:—
(1) Number of Dwelling Houses in respect of which
Notices were served —
2) Number of Dwelling Houses which were rendered
fit:—
(a) By Owner —
(b) By Local Authority in default of Owners —
(3) 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.
(1) Number of Dwelling Houses in respect of which
Notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 21
(2) Number of Dwelling Houses in which defects
were remedied :—
(a) By Owners 21
(b) By Local Authority in default of Owners —