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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.
(а) Proceedings under Sec. 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
dered fit:—
(1) By owners —
(2) 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 —
(б) Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 4025
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects
were remedied:—
(a) By owners 4025
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners —
(c) Proceedings under Sections 11, 14 and 15 of the
Housing Act, 1925 Nil.
The record of Housing work carried out during the year 1926 is
one of high achievement, involving as it does, a report by the Inspectors
on over one-third of the total houses in the Borough. The results of
no fewer than 3,176 inspections were recorded on house-to-house
inspection cards. The question of Housing was dealt with fully in my
list report, and attention was drawn to the many families who are living
in overcrowded conditions, and also to the many who are sharing house
room with one, two or more other families.
A commencement has been made with the Watergate Street area,
but nothing has been done with respect to the unhealthy areas in
St. Paul's and Vale Wards concerning which a representation was
made in 1920 under the Housing Acts. These areas are known as the
Frankham Street, Bronze Street, Baildon Street and Speedwell Street