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The fact that there are caretakers (a man and his wife) at the Tuberculosis
Dispensary has already been noted. In addition to looking after the premises they
also render great assistance in connection with conduct of the clinics, taking notes,
helping in the weighing of the patients, etc.
(2) Hospital accommodation.—This being a matter with which the
Borough Councils in London have no direct concern, it is not considered
necessary to make special reference to it.
(3) Local Acts, special local orders and their administration.—There
are no Acts or Orders applicable in the Borough which do not apply to other
parts of London. The London County Council (General Powers) Acts contain
a number of provisions under which a considerable amount of work is done, e.g.,
those relating to places where food is dealt with. Reference is made to these
elsewhere.
HOUSING.
Under this heading it will probably be sufficient to say that there is little or nothing
to be added to the information given in the reports for 1919 and 1920. At the end
of the year, though a great part of the site for the Council's housing scheme had been
cleared, the approval of the Ministry of Health to the scheme had not been obtained.
The efforts of the Housing Committee to get the houses on the site still occupied
into a reasonable state of repair were continued, and considerable improvements
were made.
Table A contains the information asked for by the Ministry. The Increase of
Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions; Act, 1920, so far as regards the provisions
of Section 2 (2), relating to certificates as to suitability for occupation of houses,
was comparatively little taken advantage of during the year. Actually, only
1 application was received, and this it was found impossible to grant, though, following
pressure, certain minor defects that were detected were dealt with.
Number of new houses erected during the year:
(a) Total 72 Flats
(b) As part of a municipal housing scheme Nil
1. Unfit dwelling-houses:
Inspection—(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 2,779
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded
under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910—
Houses 793
Tenements in blocks 281
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or
injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation Nil
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under
the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation 2,507