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The number of municipal flats and houses erected since the war is
Borough Council 4,263 + 63 Repair/Conversion
London County Council 3,385 + 29 rebuilds from war
damage + 49 repair
conversions
The total number of dwellings (i.e. flats and houses separately assessed) in the
Borough at the end of the year was 47,537.
HOUSING ACT, 1957
During the year the following actions were taken:
Section 5 (Prohibition of back to back houses)
No. of certificates issued 1
Section 9 (Repair of insanitary houses)
Inspections 5
Visits 125
Notices served 1
Section 16 (Individual, unfit houses)
Inspections, Visits and Re-visits 743
Houses represented 17
Undertakings accepted 2
Undertakings cancelled upon completion of work 2
Section 17 (Individual unfit houses)
Closing Orders made 10
Demolition Orders made 4
Mouses demolished 2
Section 18 (Parts of buildings including basement rooms)
Inspection, Visits and Revisits
(a) Basement Rooms 1,098
(b) Other parts of buildings 101
Representations made
(a) Basement Rooms 23
(b) Other parts of buildings 3
Closing Orders
(a) Basement rooms 20
(b) Other parts of buildings 1
Undertakings accepted (other part) 1
Undertakings cancelled or part cancelled upon
completion of work (basement rooms) 9
Section 24 (Individual Unfit houses)
Demolition Orders revoked
Section 27 Closing Orders determined or part-determined upon
completion of work in respect of -
(a) Whole houses 12
(b) Basement rooms 38
(c) Other parts of buildings 4
Section 90 (Houses let in lodgings - overcrowding)
Inspections and Re-visits 80
Reports to Committee 2
Overcrowding abated 1
Section 42 (Clearance Areas)
Initial detailed surveys 54
Further inspections 272
Premises demolished 54