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Individual Houses.
(a) Nos. 89 and 91, Guildford Road.
Notice under Section 17 was served upon the owner in 1934. An appeal
to Bow County Court was heard on the 24th October, 1934, and of the
119 items on the two schedules the Judge modified 12. The work was
subsequently carried out by the Council in default of the owner.
(b) No. 7, Gray Street.
This house was represented by the Medical Officer of Health on the
30th January, 1935, and a Demolition Order made by the Council on the
16th May, 1935. The occupants were rehoused by the Borough Council
and the premises demolished.
(c) Underground Rooms.
Orders were made under the provisions of the Housing Acts prohibiting
the use of underground rooms for sleeping purposes at the following
premises:—
No. 4, Swale Street—Back basement room.
No. 6, Wansbeck Road—Front basement room.
No. 32, Kerbey Street—Back basement room.
No. 23, Alfred Street—Front basement room.
Orders were made prohibiting the use of underground rooms for
any purpose other than the storage of non-edible articles, at the following
premises:—
No. 36, Southill Street—Back basement room.
No. 59, East India Dock Road—Front and back basement rooms.
An undertaking was received from the owner of No. 87, Fairfield
Road, stating that the back basement room, which was then empty,
but had been used for sleeping purposes, would not be used for sleeping
purposes.