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HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING AND HOUSING
OF THE WORKING CLASSES.
During the year, under the Regulations issued by the
Local Government Board under Section 17 of the above Act,
Mr. King was designated the officer to make inspections in
accordance with the Act, under the direction and supervision
of the Medical Officer of Health. A list of the houses in my
opinion requiring inspection was submitted to, and approved
by, the Public Health Committee.
The work done has been as follows:—
Number of houses inspected 90
No action required 15
Houses for which notices served under
H. W. C1. Act to place in habitable
repair 30
Notices complied with 17
Notices outstanding 11
Houses closed voluntarily 2
Preliminary notices served, or letters 45
Preliminary notices complied with 30
Preliminary notices outstanding 15
Notices under the Housing of the Working Classes Act
were served where a general state of neglect required general
renovations to place the houses in a state of habitable repair.
The preliminary notices or letters were sent when some smaller
or more limited defects required attention. A number referred
to increased paving being required, defective gullies, or walls
requiring partial pointing or repairing.
The result of the last Census declaring Ilford to have a
population over 50,000 will bring a much larger proportion of
houses under Section 15. When the Act was passed this
section only applied to houses under £16 a year in this district,
but now it will apply-to all houses under £26 a year, so
that for all these houses which have been let since the passing