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Southwark 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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TABLE 27.—continued.
B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be remedied 2.418
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal and informal
notices:—
(a) by owners 2,723
(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 16
(2) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance
of Demolition Orders 5
D. Proceedings under Section 20 of the Housing Act,
1930 and Section 84 of the Housing Act, 1935 :—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
made 53
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
determined, the tenement or room having been
rendered fit 3
(3) Number occupied but unfit 2,349
4. Housing Act, 1935—Overcrowding:—
(a) (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the
year 3,727
(2) Number of families dwelling therein 3,727
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein 16,500
approx.
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the
year 239

Table: The following localities were inspected and recorded under the above-mentioned Regulations during the year:—

The following localities were inspected and recorded under the above-mentioned Regulations during the year:—

Alberta Cottages.Marsland Road.
Alberta Street.Meadow Row.
Alsace Street.Milton House.
Alpha Square.Minnow Street.
Arcadia.Northampton Street.
Arch Street Buildings.Old Kent Road.
Beresford Street.Oswin Street.
Bath Street.Park Street.
Blackfriars Road.Peabody Square.
Burman Street.Pineapple Buildings.
Cardinal Bourne Street.Runham Street.
Chatteris Square.St. George's Mansions.
Dunton Road.Sedan Street.
Earl Street.Shorncliffe Road.
Emerson Place.Silvester Buildings.
Garden Row.Silvester Street.
Great Dover Street.Southwark Bridge Road.
Hendre Road.Sumner Street.
Lebanon Street.Tabard Street.
Marcia Road.Valentine Row.
Marshall's Buildings.Webber Street.
Marshall Street.