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Southwark 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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tenement dwellings, some of which, although probably meeting the requirements
of the time when they were erected, do not now come up to
the modern standard, but are capable of being modernised and reconditioned.
This matter should receive the serious consideration of both
the Owners and the Sanitary Authority.
There are, however, a few of these tenements which, owing to their
bad construction and arrangements, are incapable of being redesigned,
and should eventually be demolished as and when more houses become
available for the re-housing of the occupants. In this category I have
already placed Trinity Buildings, which were represented in
December as unfit for human habitation. These and similar dwellings
have been accounted for in the 1,531 decayed and dilapidated houses.
75, BOROUGH ROAD.
Sec. 18, Housing Act, 1925.
Sec. 20, Housing Act, 1930.
I represented the above cellar dwelling as being unfit for human
habitation, with a view to a Closing Order being made.
The Order was duly served and the premiss have now been vacated.
Other matters dealt with during the year 1931, in relation to
housing conditions are as follow:—
The number of houses granted to families from Southwark by the
London County Council amounted to 161. They were distributed as
follow:—
Morden 92
Becontree 42
Downham 6
Bellingham 2
Hendon 2
Local 17
ORB STREET HOUSING SCHEME.
Part III, Housing Act, 1925.
The Minister of Health approved the Council's proposals for grant
purposes and nine flats have been erected, all of which are occupied.
LANT STREET AND TOULMIN STREET SITE.
Sec. 16, Housing Act, 1930.
The London County Council declared that they did not intend to
deal with this area as a Clearance Area or part of a Clearance Area.
TABLE 29 —
| B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts:— | |
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 6,723 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices:— | |
| 7,319 | |
| (b) by Local Authority in default of owners | |
| C. Proceedings under Sections 19 and 21 of the Housing Act, 1930:— | |
| 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 | 1 |
| (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit | Nil |
| E. Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925 | |
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | Nil |
| F. Proceedings under Section 11, 14 and 15 of the Housing Act, 1925:— | |
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were made | Nil |
| G. Proceedings under Section 1 of the Housing Act, 1930:— | |
| (1) Clearance Areas (10). | 373* |
| These are not included in the total number of dwelling-houses inspected. | |