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latter, which is recoverable from the owners concerned, totalled
£6,593 6s. 5d. Legal proceedings were instituted in 4 cases for the
recovery of the costs of the works; in three cases judgment was
obtained for the amounts involved, plus the costs of the action, and
in the fourth case a Receivership Order was made. In addition,
the Council made orders in 3 cases under section 10 (5) for the payment
by instalments of outstanding accounts.
In one case it was necessary to take action against an owner
under section 159 for obstruction of the Council's workmen, who
were carrying out repairs in the owner's default in accordance with
section 10. The court made the necessary order that the owner
should permit the works to be executed.
Housing Act, 1936, Section 11.
The experience of this local authority gives emphasis to the
warnings contained in my reports of the past years.
There are many houses in the borough which cannot, and
should not, be the subject of sanitary notices for repairs.
These houses have outlived their usefulness and are a source of
trouble to the department, and in some cases a source of danger to
the occupants.

(Note: * = House demolished by local authority in accordance
with Section 13 of the Housing Act, 1936.)