[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough.

  • Smethwick (Worcestershire, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    15. — I’rori'i•(lilies under the Pid)lie Health Arts:— (1) Xuinhei' ot thvelline; houses in respect of whicli notices wi're served retiuiriiin; defects to be remedied ... 742 (2) Xuuihi'r of dwelliue hou.ses in widcli ilefi'cts wert' remedied after serx ici' of formal lujtiees ;— (a) Hy owners ... ... ... ... ... 72H (h) Ify laical Authority in default of owners ... 2S ('.—I’roeeediiip;s lindi'r Sections 11 and l.'J of the Housing Act. 19.46 (1) X'nmber of dwelling houses in res|)ect of which Demolition Orders were nnuh' ... ... ... ... l.'i (2) Number of dwelling houses dmnolislu'd in pnrsmance of Demolition Orders ... ... ... ... ... — (.41 Number of Undertakings acci'pted to render dwelling houses fit for habitation ... ... ... ... — (1) Number of T'ndertakings not to use houses for human habitation ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1).—Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1946:— (1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made ... 8 (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in resjiect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having bemi rendered fit ... 12 *4. HOUSING ACT. 19.36. Overcrowding. (a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year ... ... ... ... ... ... 184 (ii) Number of families dwelling therein ... ... 184 (id) Number of jiersons dwelling therein ... ... 1,48.1' (bl Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year ... ... ... ... ... ... 86 (c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year ... ... ... ... ... ... 62 (ii) Number of ]mrsons concerned in such cases ... 527 (d) Particidars of any cases in which dwelling houses have again become overcrowded after the Local Authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding ... ... ... ... ... — * Information under 4 states jiosition at 41st Alarch, 1949, on which date a complete Housing Re-survey of the Town was completed,