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Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909.
A system for carrying out the necessary inspections according
to the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910, has been
approved by this Council; the Sanitary Inspector being the officer
designated to make the inspections. Where difficulties arise I also
visit and inspect.
Details are taken on the spot in a note-book with special head
ings, and these are afterwards tranferred to duplicated foolscap
sheets. This record, with any resulting correspondence, copies of
notices, etc., in respect of each house, is placed in a paper folder,
numbered, filed, and card indexed; so that the particulars respecting
any house which has been inspected under the Regulations can be
easily referred to.
Two hundred and eight houses were inspected, as follows:—
No. 1 District.
Mottingham
33
101
North Cray
11
Orpington
35
St. Marv Cray
8
St. Paul's Cray
14
No. 2 District.
Chelsfield
0
107
Cudham
5
Downe
35
Farnborough
27
Hayes
0
Keston
0
Knockholt
4
West Wickham
36
208
The first inspection was made on July 4th, and in 180 of the
houses inspected defects of some kind were found, the remaining
being in a satisfactory condition.
The following will give the necessary figures required by Article
V. of the Regulations:—
Number of dwellinghouses inspected 208
Number of dwellinghouses which on inspection were
considered to be in a state so dangerous or injurious
to health as to be unfit for human habitation
7
Number of representations made to the Council with a
view to the making of Closing Orders 7
Number of Closing Orders made 7