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Underground Rooms.
Three basement rooms were represented as actionable under
Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936.
Individual Houses Repairable at a Reasonable Cost.
During the year five informal and three formal notices were
served under the provisions of Section 9 of the Housing Act,
1936, requiring repairs to be carried out to houses occupied by
the working classes.
Premises not Repairable at a Reasonable Cost.
One house was represented as unfit for human habitation and
not capable at a reasonable expense of being rendered so fit.
Overcrowding.
Three hundred and eighty-three instances of families living in
overcrowded conditions were brought to the notice of the Public
Health Department. In every case a certificate of overcrowding
was forwarded to the Director of Housing and Valuer, London
County Council, in order that priority consideration might be
given to the provision of alternative housing accomodation for
these families. The number of overcrowded families who obtained
alternative accomodation during the year was 234.
Common Lodging Houses.
There is only one Common Lodging House in the Borough,
winch is situated at 124 Camberwell Road and licensed for 224
male persons. Thirty-eight visits were made to the premises
during the year including one night inspection.
Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act.
During the year 14 certificates of disrepair were issued under
this Act. These have enabled the tenants to withhold payment
of certain of the permitted increases of rent pending the repair
of the living accommodation occupied by them.