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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Deptford 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Housing.

Table: The following table records the work done in connection with housing inspection:—

The following table records the work done in connection with housing inspection:—

1. Unfit Dwelling-Houses.
Inspection—
(l) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts)5431
(b) Number of inspections made ...5525
(c) Special Housing Survey Inspections (not included above)1022
(2) Number of dwelling-houses (included in (l) above) which were inspected, and
(a) Recorded under the Housing (Consolidated) Regulations, 1925-19321078
(b) Number of inspections made for this purpose1078
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation4
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those in (3) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation2424