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Fitness of Houses :—
(a) No difficulties have been experienced under the Public
Health Act or under the Housing Acts.
(b) Certain houses have been scheduled for annual inspection
under the Housing Consolidated Regulations.
(c) The water supply is through the Metropolitan Water
Board. Very few houses have not an adequate internal
water supply. (Notices are served where necessary under
the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907,
in the case of tenement houses.)
Unhealthy Areas.
A list of properties, recommended to be dealt with either
as Clearance or Improvement Areas or by Closing Orders,
has been submitted to the Borough Council.
Bye-laws.
No special difficulties have been experienced in the enforcement
of the bye-laws relating to tenement houses, &c.
Newly-Erected Houses.—Progress continued to be
made in the Southern Housing Scheme.
This scheme includes the demolition of a large insanitary
area and the erection on the site of a number of
blocks of working-class dwellings.
Fifty-two Certificates were granted during the year under
Section 43 (2) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1391.
with regard to newly erected houses and flats having a
proper and sufficient water supply
Since the War, 3,967 houses and flats have been
erected in the Borough, by the London County Council,
the Hammersmith Borough Council and by private enterprise,
for which Certificates have been granted (details
as under).