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B.—Proceedings under Public Health Acts:
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served
requiring defects to be remedied 208
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after
service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners 175
(b) By local authority in default of owners 1
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 5
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition
Orders 14
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 Nil
(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
2. HOUSING CONDITIONS.
(a) General Observations.—The total number of inhabited houses in the district
is 16,695 (including 1,213 shops), which, compared with the total of 10,965 at the
census of 1931, gives an indication of the growth of the town.
Of the total of 15,482 dwelling-houses, 1,446 are owned by the Council- and
approximately 7,100 have been erected in the area by the London County Council
since the year 1929.
It is interesting to note that 1,816 houses have been purchased by occupiers with
assistance under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act.
During the year 1933, no less than 453 temporary buildings were approved for
erection in the back gardens of dwelling-houses in the district.
May I repeat what I called to your notice last year—that in my Annual Report
for the year 1930 I said "With the advent of a large new population to the district and
the erection of so many new houses, the time appears to be opportune for the prohibition
of anything but a standard type of structure, the site not to be within fifteen feet distance
from any window of the dwelling-house."
It is to be seriously deplored that, when in the design of dwellings everything
is planned to avoid back additions likely to interfere with the free circulation of air
or to obstruct sunshine, the occupiers for whom these benefits are provided should
be allowed to erect the unsightly structures so common in the district.