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Letting of Closed Houses—Suggested Amendment of Act.
The Public Health and Housing Committee considered representations
made by Lewisham Borough Council to the Local Government
Board urging that the Board should, at the first convenient opportunity,
promote legislation amending the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act,
1909, by making it a penal offence for the owner of a house in respect
of which a closing Order had been made, to allow such house, or any part
thereof, to be occupied prior to the determination of the Order.
The Committee recommended the Council that the representations
made by Lewisham Borough Council be supported.
Meeting of a National Congress.
A National Congress was convened by the National Housing and
Town Planning Council at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on April 11th to
April 14th, to consider Home Problems after the War, more especially
those problems relating to Housing and Agriculture, and the possibilities
of averting unemployment in the Building Trade.
WATER.
Water Certificates.
Water certificates were authorised to be given under Section 48 (2)
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891—"Bridge House," Bow,
and Union Docks, Millwall (three Houses).
COMBINED DRAINAGE.
Work Executed by Council.
Drainage reconstruction was carried out by the Council at the
undermentioned premises either on account of there being no plans or
the plans not being in order:—275, 277 and 279, St. Leonard's Road;
281-283, St. Leonard's Road; 107 to 119, Malmesbury Road.