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HOUSE TO HOUSE INSPECTIONS
During the year the public health inspectors carried out 807 house to house inspections
under the Housing Act, 1957, in various parts of the Borough in order to ascertain the general
condition of selected properties. Of this total, 566 premises became the subject of a special
joint report of the Medical Officer of Health and the Borough Engineer & Surveyor. Detailed
statistics are as follows:-
No. of Category of Properties Houses No. of No. of
Roaad houses Houses Houses NOT with owner- families
repairable repairable under- occu- (approx.)
at reason- at reason- ground piers
able cost able cost rooms
St. Ann's Road 9 9 . . . 9
St. Ann's Circus 10 10 . . . 10
Birkbeck Road 81 81 . . 5 100
Grove House Road 25 20 5 4 5 29
Haringey Road 55 45 10 . 20 70
Holland Road 14 11 3 . 4 16
St. Joseph's Road 48 48 . . . 48
Lightfoot Road 49 41 8 . . 21 73
St. Mary's Road 74 38 36 34 10 127
St. Mary's ViUas 4 4 . . 4 5
Rectory Road 39 38 1 . 8 50
Westfield Road 84 76 8 10 23 142
Haringey Grove 25 6 19 . 9 44
Clarendon Road 54 41 13 . . 17 81
Great North Road 1 1 . . 1
Upper Tollington Park 11 . . . 4
Enfield Road 32 . 32 . )
Enfield Gardens 11 . 11 . ) 5 58
Enfield Terrace 4 4 )
Gordon Road 2 . 2 . . 2
Ennis Road 28 27 1 . 12 75
Woodstock Road 83 81 2 . 32 256
Oxford Road 34 34 . . 17 82
Perth Road 40 40 . . 23 81
TOTALS 807 651 156 48 215 1363
The conclusions to be drawn from the survey reflect the influence of the Rent Act, 1957.
In general, there is a trend towards an increase in the number of owner-occupiers, and properties
previously rented, have been, and are being purchased by sitting tenants. This has resulted in
considerable improvement in the condition of such properties and has been responsible for the
improvement in the maintenance standard. In addition, it is evident that many owners have
voluntarily improved the condition of their properties in order to qualify for permitted increases
in rent.
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