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HOUSING REGULATIONS, 1910.
ARTICLE V.
Number of dwelling houses inspected under Section 17 of the
H. and T. P. Act, 1909 1
Number of them considered dangerous and injurious, so as to be
unfit for human habitation 1
Number of representations made to local authority with a view to
making of closing orders 1
Number of closing orders made (railway carriage) 1
Number of houses where defects were remedied without making of
closing orders Nil.
Number of houses where defects were remedied after making
closing order Nil.
The general character of defects See below*
Number of premises closed voluntarily Nil.
Number of premises demolished voluntarily :—•
(a) Without closing order Nil.
(b) After closing order 1
Illegal underground rooms vacated Nil.
Number of premises dealt with under Section 15 of the H. and
T. P. Act, 1909 10
Number of houses on which closing orders existed at end of year Nil.
Overcrowding.—During the investigations made by myself and staff
into the origin of infectious diseases, many cases of overcrowding came to light.
It is usually caused by a man with a family of his own, quite numerous
enough to fill the rooms intended for bedrooms, receiving a second family to
assist in paying the rent. In most cases, good advice patiently given, and in
the remainder, an informal notice, proved sufficient to produce abatement.
Particulars of overcrowding, unconnected with infectious diseases, are to be
found in the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector.
London County Council White Hart Lane Estate is mainly
in Tottenham, but partly in Wood Green and Edmonton Urban Districts.
About 35 acres of it are in Edmonton.
The Southgate Urban District Council in July applied to the Local
Government Board for sanction to borrow £40,000 with which to carry out a
workmen's dwellings scheme, comprising 160 houses. They erected 82 houses
for the working classes which are let to carefully selected tenants at the
following rents :—16 at 5/6, 4 at 6/6, 46 at 7/-, and 2 at 8/-, yielding a total
The defects found are too varied and numerous for inclusion in any tabular statement,
but they are detailed in our register,