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(3) Action under Statutory Powers during the Year
Statutory Notices unuer Housing or Public Health Acts 2
Number of houses in which defects were remedied
after serving of formal notices
(a) By owners ... ... ... 2
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners
Proceedings under Housing Act, 1957s
(a) Demolition Orders made under Section 17 14
(b) Parts of buildings closed _
(c) Houses closed 7
(d) Houses demolished
(i) in pursuance of Demolition Orders _
(ii) by agreement with owner _
(iii) after purchase by Council 14
(4) Housing Act. 1957 - Overcrowding
Whilst it is known from the particulars supplied by housing
applicants that overcrowding does exist, it is impossible to state
the extent of such overcrowding.
Total number of houses owned by local authority 2,808
Number of houses built during the year:-
(a) by the Local Authority 192
(b) by other bodies or persons 35
Rent Act. 1957
Since the above Act came into force on the 6th July, 1957» 65
applications have been received for certificates of disrepair and
certificates as to the remedying of defects which landlords have
undertaken to remedy, 8 certificates of disrepair and 13 certificates
as to remedying of defects have been issued.
_ . SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
Water
The Metropolitan Water Board is the supplying authority.
The supply to the Crayford district is a mixture of water from
Crayford, Dartford, Darenth, Wansunt and Wilmington wells. All the
water is chlorinated on the works, but any excess remaining after a
period of contact is removed completely before the water is passed into
supply.