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INSPECTIONS. PROCEEDINGS, etc.
Total number of houses in the Borough 15,800
(approx)
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT. 1936
+Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness 1,796
Number of statutory notices served 365
Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied 411
HOUSING ACT. 1936
Number of houses inspected - house-to-house (Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925) 138
Number of houses included by representations by the Medical Officer
of Health under Section 25 of Housing Act, 1936 Nil
Number of houses demolished following representation by Medical
Officer of Health under Section 25 of the Housing Act 1936 Nil
Number of houses repaired under Sections 9 and 10 of Housing Act,
1936:-
(a) by owners 31
(b) by local authority in default of owners Nil
Number of houses demolished
(a) in pursuance of orders under Section 11 of the Housing Act,
1936 20
(b) voluntarily 10
Number of houses (wholly or in part) the subject of Closing Orders
(excluding underground rooms) 1
Number of Closing Orders determined (i.e. houses made fit) Nil
OVERCROWDING (HOUSING ACT. 1936)
Number of families found to be living in overcrowded conditions 13
Number of overcrowded families who have obtained alternative
accommodation 9
Number of houses erected by the Borough Council for working classes
during the year 105
UNDERGROUND ROOMS
Number occupied but unfit
Number closed or modified occupation approved Nil
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS
Number of houses let in lodgings in the Borough 575
Number of inspections (see + above) Nil
Number of prosecutions Nil
Number of complaints remedied under the bye-laws (not included under
any other heading 30