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In twenty-three cases of non-compliance with Statutory Notices,
evidence was submitted to the Town Clerk for legal action to be taken.
Summary proceedings were subsequently instituted in regard to nine
premises, Abatement Orders being obtained and a total of £2 fines and
£12 lis. 6d. costs being imposed.
Proceedings in respect of breaches of the L.C.C. Drainage Bye-laws
resulted in the offender being fined £8 with £2 2s. costs.
Housing.
1. Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects
(under Public Health or Housing Acts) 1,562
2. Number of dwelling-houses (included in (1) above) which were
inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 and 1932 47
3. Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous
or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation 1
4. Number of dwelling-houses found not to be in all respects fit
for human habitation 1,289
Problems arising out of the arrears of maintenance repairs to every
class of premises, particularly those of the tenement type, are the cause
of increasing concern to Medical Officers of Health throughout the
country.
Statutory Notices under the Public Health and Housing Acts are still
restricted to housing defects of so urgent a nature as to be classified as
being prejudicial to health.
I have to call attention to the increase in the number of such notices
served during the year—-890—as compared with 441 during the previous
year.
The need of building labour and materials for the erection of new or
converted houses for families without a separate home of their own is
obviously of paramount importance. Until this need is substantially met,
it appears inevitable that the long delays and difficulties experienced in
getting statutory notices complied with will, unfortunately, continue.
Post-war Housing Programme.