[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton].

  • Leyton (London, England). Municipal Borough.
Date:
[1953?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    72 housing purposes owing to the extreme difficulty in providing other accommodation for the persons who would he displaced as a result of such action. Unfortunately there is no immediate prospect of large-scale slum clearance operations under the Housing Act. Having regard to the before-mentioned factors it is not surprising that during the year under review some 1,542 complaints were received and dealt with by the Sanitary Inspectors. In almost every instance the complaint concerned some item or items of disrepair which had given rise to undesirable conditions such as dampness, leaking roofs, broken wall plaster, decayed floor timbers and the like. The economic factor already referred to is reflected in the high percentage of cases in respect of which it was necessary for the Sanitary Inspectors to initiate formal statutory action. In spite of the difficulties, however, a considerable amount of repair work to dwelling houses was carried out during the year as a result of notices served under the Public Health Act, 1936, and relevant legislation. Details of the improvements effected by completion of work specified on sanitary notices are given elsewhere in this report, although the benefit to the occupants in the terms of comfort and health cannot be measured or fully appreciated by reference to figures. Notices. Notices served—Informal 1,067 Statutory—Housing Acts Nil Public Health Acts 408 Notices complied with—Informal 1,146* Statutory— Housing Acts Nil Public Health Acts 440* *This figure includes notices outstanding from previous year. Housing. Number of houses erected during the year:— (a) Total (including numbers given separately under (b) ). (i) By the Local Authority— Houses 23 Flats 20 Temporary housing Nil (ii) By other Local Authorities Nil