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Regulations
The Minister of Housing and Local Government is empowered
to make regulations dealing with, among other things :—
Section 4. (Density meters, etc.) This section refers to the
installation of apparatus to indicate and/or record smoke density
or to facilitate the observation of smoke. Requirements may be
imposed about the adaptation of chimneys, the use and maintenance
of the apparatus, and the making of records available to the Local
Authority.
Section 7. (Measurement of grit and dust emitted from
furnaces). This refers to the making and recording of measurements
of grit and dust emission, including the adaptation of the
chimney, providing and maintaining the necessary apparatus, and
informing the Local Authority of the results.
The Regulations may vary according to the types of furnaces
and will apply to furnaces burning pulverised fuel and those burning
more than 1 ton of fuel per hour, provided that the Local Authority
serves notices in writing to that effect.
Departmental duties. The inspection of apparatus ; the service
of notices ; and possible legal proceedings.
Defective Dwellings.—Repairs.—With regard to houses
found not to be in a reasonable state of repair, the following procedure,
classified under two headings, is generally adopted ;—
(1) Complaints from or on behalf of the occupier.—The District
Public Health Inspector makes inspection and an intimation is sent
to the owner specifying the defect and nature of nuisance found.
Where necessary, the circumstances are reported to the Public Health
Committee for authority to serve a Statutory Notice to enforce
abatement of the nuisance. The premises are re-inspected by the
Public Health Inspector, and, if work required is not executed within
a reasonable period, Statutory Notice is served. In cases of noncompliance
the Town Clerk is instructed to institute proceedings.
(2) Housing Defects.—These are cases where the conditions are
such that they cannot be remedied under the procedure of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1936, and are dealt with under the
Housing Act, 1936, as being houses unfit for human habitation.
Representations are made to the Public Health Committee to consider
as to whether such houses can be repaired at a reasonable
cost having regard to the value of the premises, or whether Closing
and Demolition Orders should be made.