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BY-LAWS RELATING TO HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
During 1933, twenty-nine houses were placed on the council's register of houses let in lodgings
and two were removed ; the total number registered at the end of December, 1933, was 3,159.
The by.laws for houses let in lodgings have proved to be of the greatest use, and, together with
the work under section 17 of the Housing Act already referred to, are a valuable instrument in main
taining habitable conditions in houses let in lodgings in North Kensington. The following is a
record of the work carried out under the by.laws during the year 1933 :—
No. of houses inspected under the by-laws 2,232
Total number of inspections 10,874
No. of instances where the houses were cleansed under the by-laws 1,221
HOUSING STATISTICS FOR 1933.
The Minister of Health has required that certain information shall be given in this annual
report, and I now beg to submit particulars requested by him in Circular 1346 :—
1. Inspection of dwelling.houses during the year :—
(1) [a) Total number of dwelling.houses inspected for housing defects (under
Public Health or Housing Acts) 7,088
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 29,696
(2) (a) Number of dwelling.houses (included under sub.head (1) above) which
were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 1,957
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 2,080
(3) Number of dwelling.houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious
to health as to be unfit for human habitation (excluding properties
mentioned in five years programme) 2
(4) Number of dwelling.houses (exclusive of those referred to under the
preceding sub.head) found not to be in all respects reasonably
fit for human habitation 2,847
2. Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal notices :—
Number of defective dwelling.houses rendered fit in consequence of
informal action by the local authority or their officers 149
3. Action under statutory powers during the year :—
A. Proceedings under sections 17, 18 and 23 of the Housing Act, 1930 :—
(1) Number of dwelling.houses in respect of which notices were served
requiring repairs 125
(2) Number of dwelling.houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices :—
(a) By owners 137
(b) By local authority in default of owners Nil
B.—Proceedings under Public Health Acts :—
(1) Number of dwelling.houses in respect of which notices were served
requiring defects to be remedied2,573
(2) Number of dwelling.houses in which defects were remedied after service
of formal notices :—
(a) By owners 2,573
(b) By local authority in default of owners Nil
C.—Proceedings under sections 19 and 21 of the Housing Act, 1930 :—
(1) Number of dwelling.houses in respect of which demolition orders were
made Nil
(2) Number of dwelling.houses demolished in pursuance of demolition orders Nil
, (3) Number of dwelling.houses in respect of which undertakings were given that
the premises would not be used for human habitation 2
(4) Number of cases in which the undertaking was cancelled, the owner having
carried out the necessary work 2
D.—Proceedings under section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930 :—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which
closing orders were made— 1
(2) Number of mews dwellings in respect of which closing orders were made ... 25
(3) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which
closing orders were determined, the tenement or room having been
rendered fit 3
FOOD SUPPLY.
MILK SUPPLY.
Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915.—When the Act came into operation the council
decided that a number of samples of milk should be taken each year for the purpose of examination
for the presence of tubercle bacilli. In the year 1933, twenty.nine samples were so taken, and
one only of these was found to contain tubercle bacilli. The result in this case was communciated
to the medical officer of health of the county in which the milk was produced.