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Appeals.
An appeal was made by the owner of the premises 26 Shirley
Grove against a notice served under section 3 of the Housing Act
1925. This notice was complied with except in regard to one
item. The owner, in lieu of re-instating a ceiling with the materials
specified used asbestos cement sheets with wooden fillets covering
the joints. In view of the circumstances the Council were prepared
to waive their requirement on the understanding that it
was not to be regarded as a precedent and the appeal of the owner
was withdrawn.
Closing Orders.
No Closing Orders under Section 11 (1) of the Housing Act,
1925, were made by the Council during 1930.
Demolition Orders.
No Demolition Orders were made by the Council during 1930.
Underground Rooms.
No Closing Orders were made by the Council in respect of
underground rooms during 1930.
Increase of Rent, etc., Acts.
During 1930, 14 applications were received from tenants
for the certificate, and 7 from owners for the report of the Sanitary
Authority under the above-mentioned Acts. The application for
the certificate was granted in 12 cases and refused in 2 cases;
that for the report were granted in 6 cases and refused in one case.
Action under Section 5 of the Housing Act 1925.
During 1930, in 41 cases (relating to 44 houses) reports were
made to the Housing Committee as to the collection of rent in
contravention of section 5 of the Housing Act 1925, which requires
the rent book to be kept in the prescribed form. In all cases
notice was given to the owners concerned and in 39 cases, satisfactory
explanations having been received and the requirements
of the section complied with, cautionary letters were, by order
of the Committee, sent to the offenders. In two cases proceedings
were instituted. The result of one case will be found set out
on page 81. In the other the proceedings were abandoned owing
to the demise of the owner concerned.
Insanitary Areas.
No insanitary areas were represented to the Council during
1930.
In connection with the Plough Road Improvement Scheme,
as stated in the Annual Report for 1928, the Council, by the acquisition
by negotiation of other properties in the original area represented,
were able to extend the scheme and so make provision for
three more blocks (eighteen tenements). Of these the second
block was completed during 1930 and the third was nearing completion
at the end of the year.