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Ceiling paper loose 12
Floors broken or badly worn 118
Stoves defective (including fire tiles burnt away, bars broken or missing, oven plates burnt through, oven
doors defective or missing, plates broken or missing) 347
Stove settings defective 1
Flues defective 12
Hearths defective 65
Chimney-pieces loose or defective (including jambs, frieze, or mantle broken, loose, or missing) 74
Cupboard doors defective or missing 46
Window-sashes defective (including sash or sash-bars broken, rotten or defective, beads missing or defective,
putties defective) 147
Window-frames loose or defective (including oak sills worn or rotten) 12
Window-glass broken 164
Copper brickwork defective, furnace pan leaky, furnace door missing or defective, setting defective, flue
smoky or defective 128
Steps to front entrance or area defective 40
Railing to area or area steps defective 20
Guard rails to addition roofs defective, broken or rotten 26
Rubbish or refuse in yard, washhouse, vault, area, under-basement, etc. 8
HOUSING
(Ministry of Health Table.)
Number of New Houses Erected During the Year.
(a) Total 11
(i>) With State assistance under Housing Acts:—
(i.) By the Local Authority Nil
(ii.) By other bodies or persons 11
Unfit Dwelling Houses.
1925. 1926. 1927.
I.—Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects
(under Public Health or Housing Acts)
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded
under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925—
(a) Houses inspected on complaint or after illness 2,373 2,531 2,443
(b) Registered tenement houses inspected 951 796 1,011
(c) Houses inspected under Housing Acts 1 - 6
(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 - 6
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under
the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all respects reasonably
fit for human habitation - - -
II.—Remedy of Defects without Service of Notice.
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of
informal action by the Local Authority or their officers No record.
II.—Action under Statutory Powers.
(A) Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were
served requiring repairs *354 *457 *8,436
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit—
(а) by owners 284 360 349
(approx.) (approx.) (approx.)
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners - - -
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders
became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of
intention to close - - -
(B) Proceedings under Public Health Acts—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were
served requiring defects to be remedied—
(a) Number of notices under Public Health (London) Act,
1891, and London County Council (General Powers)
Acts 2,177 2,508 1,982
(6) Number of bye-law notices served 1,967 1,684 1 406
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were remedied—
(a) by owners Not available. 1,327
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners - -
(C) Proceedings under Sections 11, 14 and 15 of the Housing Act, 1925—
(1) Number of representations made with a view to the making
of Closing Orders 1 - 1
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders
were made 1 - 4
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing
Orders were determined, the dwelling-houses having been
rendered fit - 2 1
(4) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition
Orders were made - - -
(5) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition
Orders - - -
* Informal notices.