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B.—Proceedings under Public Health Acts: —
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices (Statutory)
wore served requiring defects to be remedied 871
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after
service of formal (Statutory) notice: —
(a) By owners 613
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners Nil.
C.—Proceedings under Sections 19 and 21 of the Housing Act, 1930:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders
were made 3
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition
Orders (previously made) Nil.
D.—Proceedings under Section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930:—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of
which Closing Orders were made 43
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of
which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room
having been rendered fit Nil.
(3) Number of underground rooms made tit as a result of preliminary
notice only under section 20 (without Closing Orders) 2
In accordance with paragraph 4 of the Housing Consolidated Amendment Regulations,
1932, the following additional information is given: —
(i) Number of representations made to the Local Authority with
a view to (a) the serving of notices requiring the execution of
works ; or (b) the making of Demolition or Closing Orders 23
(ii) Number of houses in respect of which an undertaking was
accepted under sub-section (2 of section 19 of the Housing Act,
1930 Nil.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
It is estimated that the number of dwelling houses in St. Pancras occupied by members
of the working classes is about 18,000.
With the exception of flats erected since the War, the majority of these houses are
some 80 to 100 or 120 years old, but differ from much of the property of similar age in other
parts of London in that they were originally well designed and built having regard to the
standards then obtaining. There are, of course, exceptions to this generalisation, and
scattered throughout the Borough are a number of houses, the best treatment for which would
be demolition. Since the War many such houses have been demolished and replaced by
flats as a result of the activities of the Borough Council, the County Council, the St. Pancras
House Improvement Society, and the Commissioners of Crown Lands.
The major problem presented by present-day housing conditions in the Borough is
the overhaul and reconditioning in the light of modern standards of the many houses that
are unsuitable for demolition but do not conform, largely as a result of neglect and hard
wear, and partly as a result of the manner in which they are now let, to what is regarded as
"fitness for occupation."