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HOUSING
The duties of the Housing section of the Public Health Department
are divided between action under the Housing Act in relation to overcrowded,
unfit and insanit&ry premises, and negotiations between the
London County Council, the Council's Housing Manager and other authorities
in connection with applications for rehousing on grounds of medical
necessity, overcrowding and insanitary conditions.
HOUSING ACT, 1957
1.- Individual unfit houses incapable of repair at reasonable expense
Representations (Section 16) 46
Undertakings to demolish accepted (Section 16)1
Demolition Orders made (Section 17) 6
Closing Orders made (Section 17) 5
Houses demolished as a result of formal or informal
procedure 75
Houses closed in pursuance of an undertaking given
by the owners and still in force
Houses made fit by owner (Section 16) 1
2.- Parts of buildings unfit for human habitation
(i) Underground rooms closed (Section 18) 34
(ii) Other rooms (Section 18) 68
(iii) Undertakings 40
3.- Clearance areas
Dwelling houses demolished
Unfit houses 42
Other houses 4