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Staff specially detailed for Housing Work.
The Borough is divided into two districts by an imaginary line
drawn down the centre of Finchley Road. There are two Sanitary
Inspectors and one Clerk specially detailed for housing work.
Unhealthy Areas.
No additional unhealthy areas were "represented" during 1924.
With regard to the areas previously reported upon:—
Town Ward Areas (including Cornick's Yard, Flask Walk
(2 sites), Golden Yard, Silver Street, Stamford Place,
Streatley Place. The various sites comprising these Town
Ward Areas again came under consideration during the
year.
In the case of Cornick's Cottages, in 1923 the Housing Committee
authorised survey and examination to be made of the premises under
Sec. 36 (e), Housing Act, 1909. The 4 Cottages were "represented"
by the Medical Officer of Health on 9th April, 1923, as being in a state
so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation.
The Council made a Closing Order on each of the premises on 26th
April, 1923, and, under the authority of the Council, the Housing
Committee on 12th May, 1924, made a Demolition Order in respect of
each house. Difficulty was experienced, however, in removing the
occupants of one of the cottages, No. 2; but the Justices having made
an Order on the occupier to vacate the premises, he removed in
November.
Sherriff Road Site.
At the close of the year, negotiations were in progress for the
erection of a block of 16 flats on land at the corner of Lowfield Road.