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HOUSING.
At the end of 1958 the Council had a total of 753 permanent houses,
maisonettes and flats, a total of 26? temporary houses of various types,
and controlled a further 401 properties under requisition. The requisitioned
properties housed 597 units of tenancy.
During the year, flats were completed for the Council.
Also, improvements were carried out in 932 houses, rather more than
last year, and outstanding works at the end of the year totalled 172.
Apart from the flats completed by the Council, 137 flats and maisonettes
were completed by the London County Council, and 27 houses were completed by
private builders.
In the maintenance of existing property the following is a summary of
the work done in 1958:—
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT. 1936.
Total number of houses inspected for housing
defects... ... ... ... 1,673
Number of Statutory Notices served. ... ... ... ... 333
Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied... ... 932
OVERCROWDING.
Number of individual dwellings overcrowded at the
end of the year... ... ... ... ... 53
Number of families found to be living in overcrowded
conditions during the year ... ... ... 2
Number of families who have obtained alternative
accommodation during the year ... ... -
There are many underground rooms throughout the Borough and a fairly
high proportion of them, although used as dwellings, do not conform in all
respects with the statutory requirements and cannot without major structural
alterations be made to do so. Closure is not, however, practicable in
present circumstances and owners have been co-operative in making these rooms
reasonably fit.
RENT ACT, 1957.
During the year applications under the Act were received and dealt with
as follows:-
Applications by tenants for Certificates of Disrepair... ... ... ... 174
(Granted 165. Refused or withdrawn 9)
Applications by tenants for Certificates as to remedying of defects ... 40
(Granted 37. Refused 3).
Applications by landlords for Certificates as to remedying of defects.. 38
(Granted 33. Refused 5).
Applications by landlords for Revocation of Certificates of Disrepair,. 37
(Granted 36» Refused 1).
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