[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Dorking U.D.C.
- Dorking (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1947
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Dorking U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Although item 1 (3) on the following table (Number of dwelling- houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to I)C unfit for human habitation) shows a Nil return, the vSenior Sanitari- Inspector referred for the opinion of the Council’s Engineer and vSur- veyor, ten dwelling-houses whicli appeared to Ije dangerous from a structural point of view to laoth occupants and passers-by. As a result of the Surveyor’s inspection and report eight of the houses were dealt with under Sections 75 to 78, Towns Im])rovement Clauses Act, 1847, as incorporated in Section 160 of tlie Public Health Act, 1875, and two under Section 58 of tlie Public Health Act, 1936. Final action will depend upon alternative accommodation being found for the occui)ants. I. Inspection of dwelling-houses during the year:' 1. (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 151 (6) Number of inspections made for the purpose ... 1,254 2. (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub- head 1 above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 43 (6) Number of inspections made for the purpose ... 699 3. Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injiirions to health as to be unfit for human habitation... ... ... ... ... Nil 4. Number of dwelling-houses (exclu.sive of those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation ... ... ... ... .... ... 151 I. Remedy of dejects during the year without service of formal notices: Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers ... ... ... ... 114 II. Action under Statutory Poxvers during the year: A. Proceedings under Sections 9, 10 and 16 of the Housing Act, 1936.-! (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs ... ... 31 (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices : (a) By owners ... ... ... ... ... 28 {b) By Local Authority in default of owners 12 B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts: (1) Number of dwelling-houses in resiiect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied ... ... ... ... ... ... 33 (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices : (a) By owners ... ... ... ... ... (b) By Local Authority in default of owners 5](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29164928_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
