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but which could be made reasonably fit for human habitation, and 46
were in the list of unhealthy areas, containing 259 premises.
The procedure adopted is as follows: —After an inspection has been
made by a Housing Inspector, a schedule of defects is forwarded to the
owner of the premises, on which basis negotiations are conducted as to
the best means of remedying the insanitary conditions. Reasonable
compromises are effected, and much work has been achieved by this
means.
Those few owners who refused to carry out the necessary alterations,
etc., in this quasi-voluntary manner have been reported to the Public
Health Committee who ordered that Statutory Notices under the Public
Health Act should be served upon the recalcitrant owners. The Council
has served no Statutory Schedules under section 28 of the Housing Act,
1919.
3. - Action under Statutory Powers.
A. Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town
Planning, &c., Act, 1919.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which notices were served requiring repairs
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were
rendered fit—
(a) by owners
(b) by Local Authority in default of
owners
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which Closing Orders became operative
in pursuance of declarations by owners
of intention to close
B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
No Statutory Notices served;
unofficial Notices only.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which notices were served requiring
defects to be remedied 925
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which
defects were remedied—
(a) by owners 925
(b) by Local Authority in default of
owners