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CLEAN AIR ACT, 1956
During the year 1960 the detailed survey of Smoke Control Area No. 1 at
Slade Green was completed and final details prepared ready for submission to
the Minister of Housing and Local Government.
It is both interesting and heartening to note that many of the residents
of Crayford are becoming "Clean Air" conscious and during the year a steady
stream of enquiries have been received from residents from all parts of the
Urban District regarding smokeless fuel, appliances and clean air in general.
Through these enquiries and routine visits by the Inspectors it has been
ascertained that in many cases smokeless fuel and appropriate approved
appliances are quite often found to be already in use.
HOUSING STATISTICS
(!) Inspection of Dwelling Houses
(1) Total number of dwellinghouses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 1,225
Number of inspections made for that purpose 2,589
(2) Number of dwellinghouses (included under sub-heading
(1) above) which were inspected and recorded under
the Housing Consolidation Regulations -
Number of inspections made for that purpose -
(3) Number of dwellinghouses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for
human habitation 3
(4) Number of dwellinghouses (exclusive of those referred
to under the preceding sub heading) found not to be
in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation 329
(2) Remedy of defects during the year without the service of formal notice
Number of defective dwellinghouses rendered fit in
consequence of informal action by Local Authority or
their Officers 90
(3) Action under statutory powers during the year
Statutory Notices under Housingor Public Health Acts 3
Number of houses in which defects were remedied after
serving of formal notices-
(a) by owners 3
(b) by local authority in default of owners -
31o