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HOUSING
Housing Act, 1957
1. Number of houses which on inspection were considered to be unfit for human habitation:—
Nil
2. Number of houses in which defects were remedied in consequence of informal action by the
Local Authority or their Officers:—
Nil
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) Nil
(b) Nil
4. Number of notices served during the execution of works:—
Nil
5. Number of houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices:—
Nil
6. Number of demolition or closing orders made: —
Nil
7. Number of houses in respect of which an undertaking was accepted under subsection (4) of
section 16 of the Housing Act, 1957 :—
Nil
8. Number of houses demolished:-
Nil
During the year 76 families were rehoused leaving 419 families on the Housing Register at
the end of December 1966.
Two of the old tenement blocks were being prepared for demolition in preparation for the
redevelopment of the Middlesex Street Estate.
Further progress with the redevelopment of the Barbican area has been made. Of the 2,120
flats to be built 1,877 are now under construction.
WATER SUPPLY
During the year 187 water samples were taken from City premises for the purposes of bacteriological
examination. These were taken from deep wells, office drinking points and swimming
pools.
There are 124 deep wells at present in use in the City, which supply a constant source of
potable water for domestic and drinking purposes, and are operated by the respective owners or
occupiers of the premises in which they are located.
The Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963 requires that an adequate supply of
wholesome drinking water be provided and maintained for the use of persons employed in office
premises, for this purpose a random check of office drinking points is carried out.
There are two swimming pools within the City boundary where water samples were regularly
taken. A third pool belonging to the Corporation was also sampled, at the request of the Housing
Manager.
Chlorine has a powerful bactericidal action and is therefore added to water as a sterilising
safeguard. The residual content of this chlorine was determined in all bacteriological samples
taken.