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(c) closing orders cancelled (premises
demolished) 1(4 rooms)
(d) consent given to use of closed rooms
for non-sleeping purposes 11 (19 rooms)
(e) undertakings accepted from owners to render
part of building fit for habitation 5 (11 rooms)
(f) part of building rendered fit and under-
taking cancelled 1 ( 2 rooms)
OVERCROWDING
Number of new cases of overcrowding reported
during the year 88 (362½ units)
Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during
the year 131 (528 units)
Number of cases where dwellings again became
overcrowded after local authority had
taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding
Nil
NOTE: Units mean the number of equivalent persons in the families
obtained by regarding children between 1 and 10 years of
age as "half persons" and disregarding infants under the age
of twelve months.
FLOODING
A violent rain and thunderstorm occurred on the afternoon of Tuesday, 20th July,
1965, resulting in the flooding of basement premises in certain areas of the borough. The
number of areas affected was less than on previous occasions, the worst being in North Kensington
in the Talbot Grove/Cornwall Crescent and Stoneleigh Street districts.
The Health Department supplied tenants of the badly flooded basements with
advice leaflets and with disinfectant with instructions as to its use. The Borough Engineer
and Surveyor arranged for the pumping out of basements and for the collection of bedding
and carpets which were taken to the public baths for drying.
In addition to the areas mentioned, isolated complaints were subsequently received
of flooding in other parts of the borough, mainly caused by choked drains and gulleys. Each
premises was visited by a public health inspector who gave advice and assistance where necessary.
The total number of premises known to have been flooded was fifty-one.