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TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (CHURCHES, PLACES OF
RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND BURIAL GROUNDS) REGULATIONS, 1950
The Common Council of the City of London in January, in accordance with the requirements
of the above-mentioned Regulations, publicised their intention to remove from the disused burial
ground of St. Alban, Wood Street, which is vested in the Common Council, all human remains in
order that the land might be used for the comprehensive development of the area in which the land
is situated.
The Regulations require that the removal of such remains should be effected and the remains
re-interred in accordance with the direction of the Medical Officer of Health. Arrangements were
therefore made for the bones which were all aged to be taken to the City of London Cemetery,
Manor Park, and there reverently re-interred. During March, April and May 132 boxes of remains
were collected and transported to the Cemetery.
THE NOISE ABATEMENT ACT, 1960
During the year twenty-one complaints of excessive noise were received. Most of these were
in respect of the use of pneumatic drills and associated compressors on demolition and reconstruction
work. Contractors were persuaded to fit muffles to the drills and as far as possible to
restrict the periods during which they were in use.
In one case a private firm secured an injunction restricting the hours during which "sheet
piling" could be carried on.
HOUSING
Housing Act, 1957
1. Number of houses which on inspection were considered to be unfit for human habitation: —
Six
2. Number of houses in which the defects wert remedied in consequence of informal action
by the Local Authority or their Officers :—
Six
3. 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 :—
(a) None
(b) None
4. Number of notices served during the execution of works
None
5. Number of houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices
None
6. Number of demolition or closing orders made :—
None
7. Number of houses in respect of which an undertaking was accepted under subsection (4)
of section 16 of the Housing Act, 1957 :—
None
8. Number of houses demolished
None
Housing Act, 1961
Part II of the Housing Act, 1961, extends the powers of local authorities under the Housing
Act, 1957, to deal with houses in multiple occupation. The Housing (Management of Houses in
Multiple Occupation) Regulations, 1962, which came into operation on 22nd May 1962, provide a
code of management which a local authority may apply by order under Section 12 of the Act to any
house in multiple occupation which is in an unsatisfactory condition in consequence of defective
management. It has not been necessary to take any action under the Act during the year.
During the year 447 families were rehoused, leaving 605 families for whom accommodation
was required at the end of December 1962.
Work on the extension to the Corporation's estate at Golden Lane continued, the last 219
flats were completed and let bringing the total to 559. The shops, swimming pool, badminton
court, tennis courts and club rooms are nearing completion and should soon be available.
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