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in any case. A letter of advice is sent to the prospective tenants when
they are notified of the day on which removal to the new Estate is to
take place. This communication is in the following terms:—
Before delivery to the new premises your furniture and effects will
be fumigated.
Drawers and boxes, etc., should not be packed tightly, nor should
they be locked as their contents must be ventilated after fumigation.
Food, plants, or wet clothes must not be packed with the furniture.
Money, valuable papers, jewellery, etc., must not be put in the van,
but conveyed by yourself to the new premises.
Furniture and bedding will be delivered at your new address as
early as possible in the afternoon or evening of the same day of
collection.
All your effects must be carefully cleansed before the day of
removal.
Do not take unwanted articles of any kind with you to your new
house.
The rooms must be especially well ventilated on the first evening
and night of occupation.
No such procedure has been instituted in the case of the Council's
flats in the Borough known as Park Dwellings and South End Close.
In the list of Regulations and Conditions of Tenancy of "Westcroft"
Housing Estate, printed on the Form of Application for
Tenancies and to which every applicant is required to agree to conform,
there is the following entry:—
"If on vacation by a tenant the premises shall be found to be
in a dirty or verminous condition requiring special cleansing, etc.,
the tenant shall pay the cost of such cleansing, etc."
(4) Whether the work of disinfestation is carried out by the Local
Authority or by a contractor.
The work of disinfestation indicated in paragraph 3, is carried
out by a specialist firm of contractors. In the case of disinfestation of
premises referred to in (1) (A) (i) and (ii) this has been carried out
by the Borough Council's Staff, and in (B) by the tenants, builders, or
landlords,