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Action under Sec. 29 of Housing, &c., Act, 1919.
During the year, 49 cases, relating to 73 houses, have been
reported to the Housing Committee of owners who have collected
rent in contravention of this section which prescribes that—
"the name and address of the Medical Officer of Health for
the district, and the name and address of the landlord or
other person who is directly responsible for keeping the house
in all respects reasonably fit for habitation, shall be inscribed
in every rent book, or where a rent book is not used, shall be
delivered in writing to the tenant at the commencement of
the tenancy and before any rent is demanded or collected."
In each case the requirement of the Section having been
complied with, the Committee directed that cautionary letters
were to be sent to the offenders.
Insanitary Areas.
No additional insanitary areas were represented during 1924.
With regard to the Plough Road Scheme, as reported in last
year's Annual Report, the formal order of the Ministry of Health
was made on 7th January, 1924. During the year negotiations
were carried on with a view to the acquisition of the land comprised
in this area. It was later in the year decided to proceed at once
with the erection of a block of six tenements on the vacant plot
of land in the area, each tenement containing three rooms, scullery,
bathroom, etc. It is expected that this block, the cost of which
is estimated to be £4,394 5s., will be completed early in 1925. The
accommodation in these tenements will be utilised to re-house the
occupants of the next block of houses to be demolished, and it is
intended in this way, by proceeding block by block, to deal with
the re-housing of the displaced tenants.
By-Laws—Houses-Let-in-Lodgings.
Reference was made in the Annual Report last year to the Bylaws
which the London County Council were required to make under
section 94 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, as amended
and extended by section 26 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c.,
Act, 1919. By-laws were made by the London County Council in
1920 for confirmation by the Ministry of Health, but have not yet
been confirmed. The County Council, however, gave notice that
they were seeking powers under the Housing Bill (No. 2), 1923, to
amend section 26 of the 1919 Housing Act under which these bylaws
were required to be made, before completing the revision of the
draft by-laws.
Draft by-laws under Section 94 of the Public Health (London)
Act, as amended and extended by Section 26 of the 1919 Housing
Act and Section 14 of the 1923 Housing Act, were made by the
London County Council and submitted to the Borough Councils