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Appeals.
During 1936 an owner lodged an appeal against notices served
under section 17 of the Housing Act, 1930, in respect of 3 houses.
The notices were complied with by the owner and the appeal
was subsequently abandoned.
Demolition Orders.
Demolition Orders were made by the Council during the
year in respect of 2 houses in Gwynne Road, which had been
represented by the Medical Officer of Health during 1935.
A house in Winstanley Road was represented with a view to
a Demolition Order being made in respect thereof, but the owner
intimated his intention of giving an undertaking to put the premises
into repair. The matter was still under consideration at the end
of the year.
Closing Orders.
Six Closing Orders were made during the year in respect of
parts of buildings which were unfit for habitation—5 in Wycliffe
Road and 1 in Bolingbroke Grove.
In addition 3 other houses in Brougham Street were represented
with a view to the closing of part of the houses, but the matter was
still under consideration at the end of the year.
Increase of Rent, Etc., Acts.
During 1936, 4 applications were received from tenants for
the certificate, and 3 from owners for the report of the Sanitary
Authority under the above mentioned statutes. The application
for a certificate was granted in 3 cases and refused in the other ;
that for a report was granted in each case.
Action under Section 5 of the Housing Act, 1925.
During 1936, in 4 cases (relating to 4 houses) contraventions of
section 5 of the Housing Act, 1925, which requires, under penalty,
the rent book to be kept in a prescribed form, were reported to the
Housing Committee. Satisfactory explanations having been
received and the rent books having been put in order, no legal
proceedings were considered necessary, but the Housing Committee
directed cautionary letters to be sent to the offenders.
Structural Defects.
The attention of the District Surveyor of the London County
Council was drawn, in 78 instances, to structural defects observed
by the Sanitary Inspectors during the course of their duties.
Insanitary Houses.
The following is a list of streets in the Borough in which houses
were found, on inspection, to be insanitary, and were dealt with
by the Council under the provisions of the Housing Acts, either