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Barnes 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Sanitary Administration.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis gives 31 deaths registered in the
district, but after adding 7 deaths of residents who died outside the
district and deducting 12 deaths of non-residents who died in the
Hospital, we get a net resident number of 26, giving a Tuberculosis
death rate of 1*9 per 1,000 per annum.
HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING ACT.
The following work has been done under this Act during the
year, and 2,250 houses have been inspected.
As a result of this inspection 624 notices have been served, 15
closing orders have been made, and 3 demolition orders have been
carried out.
Report of the Inspectors appointed under the Housing and Town Planning Act, 1909.
| barnes. | MORTLAKE. | TOTALS. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | No of dwelling houses which on inspection were considered to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 2. | No. of representations made to the Local Authority with a view to the making of closing orders | |||
| 3. | No. of closing orders made | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 4. | No. of dwelling-houses, the defects in which were remedied without the making of closing orders | |||
| 5. | No. of dwelling houses which, after the making of closing orders, were put into a fit state for human habitation | |||
| 6. | No. of houses demolished after closing orders | — | 3 | 3 |