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4. Houses in multiple occupation - Housing Act, 1961
(i) Number of properties made suitable for occupation
by number of occupants accommodated (Section 15) 63
(ii) Number of properties provided with means of escape
from fire (Section 16) 86
5. Compulsory Improvement - Housing Act, 1964
(i) Number of dwellings in improvement areas improved
to the full standard 18
(ii) Number of dwellings outside improvement areas
improved to the full standard (Section 19) Nil
CARAVANS
Under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act, 1960 there are two
sites licensed in the Borough, one on either side of the Barnet By-Pass at Stirling
Corner.
The sites are well maintained and managed and at the end of the year there were
caravans stationed thereon.
Itinerant caravan dwellers continued to create problems and the question of providing
a site in the district for these persons was still under active consideration at the
end of the year.
INSPECTIONS AND COMPLAINTS
A concern with the conditions in which people live is a raison d'etre of a Health
Department; but of equal importance is the character and quality of the environment.
The following account of the sanitary circumstances of the Borough and of the
work done by the Public Health Inspectors and their supporting staff in creating healthy
conditions in which people live and work and play is herein detailed to meet the requests
of Government Departments and to satisfy the Public Health Officers' Regulations.
Some 7,910 complaints and requests for services were investigated and where
possible, defects and unsatisfactory conditions were remedied.
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