Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1927 page 100

Bethnal Green 1927

Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1927

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Table: HOUSING. Housing Statistics for 1927. Number of new houses erected during the year:—

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HOUSING. Housing Statistics for 1927. Number of new houses erected during the year:—

(a) Total	34 (tenements)
(b) With State Assistance under the Housing Acts:
By the Local Authority:
Lenin Estate	32 (tenements)
By other bodies or persons		Nil.
1. Unfit dwelling-houses.
Inspection—
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health Acts)		6,462
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925		859
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found and reported to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation		See preceding remarks with regard to the general housing situation in the borough.
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation
2. Remedy of Defects without Service of formal Notices. Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their Officers		Nil.
3. Action under Statutory Powers.
(a) Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs		Nil.
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit		Nil.
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close.		Nil.