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General Housing Matters.
The Council's two Housing Sanitary Inspectors have continued
their special work of systematic house to house inspection of
dwelling-houses, and drawing up schedules of works required to render
such dwelling-houses reasonably fit in all respects for human
habitation, under the powers conferred upon the Borough Council,
as the Local Housing Authority, under Section 28 of the Housing,
Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919, and now under Section 3 of the
Housing Act, 1925.
During the year 1925, 551 Notices of Intention to Survey have
been issued, and sent or given to the occupiers, and to the owners,
of the houses selected by the Medical Officer of Health, and approved
by the Public Health Committee on behalf of the Council, as
required under Section 36 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc.,
Act, 1909. 402 Surveys or Inspections have been made, under
the Housing Inspection Regulations of the Housing, Town Planning,
etc., Act, 1909, and 397 Provisional (or Informal) Schedules prepared,
as suggested by the Ministry of Health in its Manual on
Policy and Practice (Volume I, Chap. 6, paragraph i), setting
forth the work required to render the houses fit in all respects
for human habitation, under Seetion 28 of the Housing, Town
Planning, etc., Act, 1919. 402 Record Cards have been filed, 402
visits, and 13,276 re-visits made, and many interviews held at the
Town Hall, or elsewhere, with owners, agents, builders and others
concerned. 543 drain tests have been made in connection with the
official inspections.
The preparation of the Provisional or Informal Schedules
involves a large amount of work and technical knowledge, as the
properties selected for systematic inspection during the year were
in a very bad state of repair, owing to neglect during the war (and
since), and, consequently, a large number of items had to be tabulated,
so as to avoid anything essential being omitted.
The Old Wards of the Borough have again been used, so as to
keep the present records in conformity with the previous records.
During the period of 12 months under review (1925), the following
roads, streets, and courts have been under survey (wholly or in part),
the total numbers of houses being given in brackets after the name of
each road, street, and court :
Prince's Ward.
Bloomfield Place (4), Esher Street (51), Kennington Road
(3), Leopold Street (25), Newburn Street (1), Vauxhall
Street (141)-
Brixton Ward.
Farmers Road (79).