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HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING, &c., ACT,
1909.
As in previous years the systematic house to house inspections
have been continued, and 163 houses have been
inspected. The details of the defects remedied will be found
in the Sanitary Inspector's Report.
In addition to these inspections, each house is thoroughly
inspected in the same manner as under the Housing and
Town Planning Act after every case of infectious disease.
In regard to dampness in the houses, in many cases this
has been found to be due to absence of damp-proof course.
On taking up the floor boards to insert a damp-proof course
in the walls, floor boards have been found practically resting
on the clay. In such cases owners have been called upon to
remove the clay and lay concrete over the site. I attach
special importance to this as a means of making houses more
habitable.
A special inspection was made of a house that had
formerly been used as a public house, but the license had been
extinguished and the licensees compensated. The premises
being unoccupied fell into a dilapidated condition, and the
brewers then sold the premises to a private individual. Repeated
letters were sent to him as to the condition of the
property, and a request made to put it into a habitable state
of repair. Nothing, however, was done, and I, therefore, recommended
that a Closing Order be made. On December
22nd the Council considered the recommendation and the
Closing Order was made.
There have been no new houses erected during the year
but nine houses have been converted into flats for the accommodation
of 25 separate lettings, as shown in the following
list:—
27, Waldegrave Road. 30, Royston Road.
25, Anerley Park. 32, „ „
2, Derwent Road. 74, Anerley Park.
36, Anerley Park. 203, Anerley Road.
95, Anerley Road.