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(71 Results of any action so taken.
(8) Any further action which should be taken in respect of the dwelling-house
(Article III.)
The Local Authority shall so far as may be necessary take into consideration
at each of their ordinary meetings the records above mentioned, and shall act thereon
as may be necessary or desirable in regard to any dwelling-house to which the records
relate (Article IV.).
The Medical Officer of Health shall include in his Annual Report information
and particulars in tabular form in regard to the number of dwelling-houses inspected
under and for the purposes of Section 17 of the Act of 1909. the number of dwelling
houses which on inspection were considered to be in a state so dangerous or injurious
to health as to be unfit for human habitation, the number of representations made
to the Local Authority with a view to closing orders being made, the number of
closing orders made, the number of dwelling-houses, the defects in which were
remedied without the making of closing orders, the number of dwelling-houses
which after the making of closing orders were put in a state fit for human habitation,
and the general character of the defects found to exist.
He shall also include any other information and particulars which he may
consider desirable in regard to the work of inspection under the said section (Article
V.).
The regulations were considered by the Health Committee, and upon the recommendation
of the Committee the Borough Council gave the necessary instructions
to the officers of the Health Department to comply with the requirements of the
regulations.
In accordance with the provisions of Article V. of the regulations, the subjoined
information and particulars are given with respect to the action taken up to the
end of the year 1910:—
(1) The number of houses inspected under Section 17 27
(2) The number considered to be unfit for habitation 3
(3) The number of representations made to the Local Authority,
with a view to closing orders 2
(4) The number of closing orders made 2
(5) The number of dwelling-houses, the defects of which were
remedied without the making of closing orders
(6) The number of dwelling-houses, which after the making of
closing orders were put in a fit state for human habitation
(7) The general character of the defects found to exist were: dampness, defective
roofs, general dilapidations and want of cleanliness, want of ventilation
beneath flooring, defective yard paving, defective water-closets, eaves,
guttering and rainwater pipes and want of proper dust receptacles.