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Paddington 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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displaced from the clearance area and adjoining lands and the
London County Council have agreed to accept responsibility for
the rehousing of 50 per cent. of these.
Fumigation.
Associated Fumigators, Limited, under an agreement with the
Council, removed and treated the furniture and effects of one (49)
family with hydrogen cyanide gas during the year. The cost of the
work was £11 15s. Up to the 1st June, 1956, the charge for this
work was £12 10s. per van per day in cases where two removals
were effected in one van. With effect from the 1st July, 1957, this
charge was increased to £12 15s. per van per day and if one family
only was removed the charge became £11 15s. The charge made
by the Council to the tenant remains at £6 5s.
| No. of basement rooms dealt with by closing orders | 362 (270) |
| No. of upper rooms closed | 22 (-) |
| No. of mews premises closed | 7 (-) |
| No. of houses dealt with by closing orders (Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953) | (4) |
| No. of houses dealt with by demolition orders or in respect of which undertakings were accepted | - (-) |
Ninety-three (12) persons were displaced as a result of the
Council's operations.
Closing Orders were determined or undertakings cancelled on
57 (28) basement rooms, 3 (—) upper rooms and 7 (—) mews
premises; and 46 (43) other basement rooms and 2 (2) mews
premises were made fit without recourse to formal proceedings.
DELEGATION OF POWERS.—As will be generally recognised,
implementation of public health functions is often a matter of
urgency and to be effective cannot wait for confirmation of the
Council at its monthly meetings. The Public Health Committee,
therefore, requested the General Purposes, Legal and Parliamentary
Committee to recommend the Council to delegate certain powers
and duties to the Committee, thus ensuring the minimum of delay
in carrying out their duties under the Public Health, Housing and
other Acts. The Council, on the 28th February, 1957, adopted
recommendations which will now enable the Public Health
Committee to exercise their duties as expeditiously as the law permits,
which will not only be an advantage to the public but will assist
materially the efforts of myself and my officers in the performance
and administration of the public health functions of the Council.