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HOUSING.
The number of dwelling houses inspected under the provisions
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, and the Housing Act,
1936, was 8,684.
Intimation notices requiring the abatement of sanitary nuisances
and the repair of dwelling houses numbered 6,539 affecting 3,830
properties.
It was necessary to follow up these intimations by the service
of statutory notices in 2,181 instances, and in 77 cases summonses
were issued before securing compliance with the Council's
requirements.
A summary of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors and Housing
Inspectors appears in the tables on pages 50, 53-57.
Insanitary Areas.
The declaration of small unhealthy areas was continued during
the year, and in December last the activities of this authority under
the Housing Acts, 1930-36 from the date of the first declaration of an
Insanitary Area in 1934 were reviewed in the following report to
the Public Health Committee of the Council.
December 1st, 1937.
To the Chairman and Members of the Public Health Committee.
ALDERMEN AND COUNCILLORS,
INSANITARY AREAS PROGRAMME.
In January last I reported to the Public Health Committee that with the
exception of one area in the North-West Division of Camberwell the Council had
completed the clearance programme mutually agreed upon with the London
County Council.
This programme was made up of small groups of badly arranged houses in
courts, mews, alleys, etc., so small or so placed that rehousing on the sites was
considered impracticable, and was submitted by the London County Council at a
conference held at County Hall in July 1934, between representatives of the two
Authorities, as part of the County Council's clearance areas programme in Camberwell
following consideration of Ministry of Health Circular No. 1331, dated April
6th, 1933, dealing with the question of the clearance of slums and the improvement
of bad housing conditions.
In October 1934, this Council resolved to deal with small clearance areas in the
Borough in accordance with the provisions of the Housing Acts, and at a further
conference held a month later between representatives of both Authorities, terms
were arranged upon which the London County Council would provide re-housing
accommodation in respect of persons displaced by the housing operations of the
Council.
From that date official representations under the provisions of the Housing
Acts have been made systematically of areas comprising this programme—which,
however, has been subject to modifications and additions agreed upon in consultation
with the Officers of the London County Council—on the basis of rehousing
accommodation being available for approximately 20 families per month.
In the following table particulars are given of the areas in this Borough
which have been dealt with by the Council under the clearance area provisions
of the Housing Acts.