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HOUSING.
During the year, the Local Authority erected 16 houses and converted
17 houses into 55 self-contained flats. Private builders erected 3 houses and 10
maisonettes and converted 4 houses into 8 self-contained flats.
1. Inspection of Dwellinghouses during the Year:—
(1) (a) Total number of dwellings inspected for housing defects
(under Public Health or Housing Acts) 1,300
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 1,360
(2) (a) Number of dwellinghouses (included in sub-head (1)
above) which were inspected and recorded under the
Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 and 1932 —
(3) Number of dwellinghouses (exclusive of those referred to
under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all
respects reasonably fit for human habitation 1,270
2. Remedy of defects without service of formal notices:—
Number of defective dwellinghouses rendered fairly fit
in consequence of informal action by the Local
Authority or their officers 1,215
3. Action under Statutory Powers:—
(a) Proceedings under Section 9 of Housing Act, 1936 .. Nil
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts—
(1) Number of dwellinghouses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 55
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices:—
(a) by Owners 46
(b) by Local Authority in default of Owners 9
4. Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding.
Although progress has been made with conversion of large houses into
flats, there still remains a large amount of overcrowding in the district.
The Housing Manager reports that 130 families living in overcrowded and
unsatisfactory conditions were rehoused during the year.
Water Supply.
All the houses in the district are provided with a constant service of water by
the Metropolitan Water Board, the water being examined bacteriologically daily
by the Board. In addition, the County Pathologist reports that the samples of
water submitted to him quarterly were good, Bacillus coli being absent in 100 c.c's.
The majority of the premises are directly connected to the rising main. Nineteen
storage cisterns were renewed, cleansed or covered and in two cases drinking
water was supplied direct from the rising main.