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B. Proceedings under Public Health Act.
(1) Number of houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to
be remedied 110
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects
were remedied
(a) By owners 98
(b) By Local Authority in default of
owners 0
C. Proceedings under S.S. 11, 14 and 15 of Housing
Act, 1925
(1) Number of representations made with a
view to the making of Closing Orders 1
(2) Number of houses in respect of which Closing
Orders were made 1
3) Number of houses in respect of which Closing
Orders were determined, the houses
having been rendered fit 1
(4) Number of houses in respect of which
Demolition Orders were made 0
(5) Number of houses demolished by owners 1
Housing.
The houses of the district fall into the following groups:
1. The new L.C.C. Estate forming the bulk of the district.
2. Two small estates, the Marsh Green of 196, and the Mill
Park of 162 houses erected by the Romford Rural District
Council and taken over by this Council.
3. The older houses forming the original district.
4. A certain number of new houses erected by private enterprise.
The houses of the Local Authority were erected primarily
to relieve the overcrowding occurring in the third group. For
this purpose that number to-day is most inadequate. In many
of the older houses, now that the younger family is growing up,
there is deplorable overcrowding. There is an urgent need for
further accommodation to relieve these conditions. Besides,
many of these older houses are reaching the end of their
utility. To attempt to repair or renovate them is not an
economical proposition. Were alternative accommodation available
for the tenants, there are numbers of these houses for
which Closing Orders should become operative. To remedy
both these conditions would necessitate the provision of some
500 new houses.