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Illegal underground rooms vacated 0
Number of premises dealt with under Section 15 of the H. and
T. P. Act, 1909 0
Number of houses on which closing orders existed at end of year 0
Note.—The beggarly array of figures in the above table is due to the
absence of our Housing Inspector on war service. Mr. Huckle was temporarily
engaged until July 14 and thereafter this important work collapsed, as my
Council decided not to fill the vacant post. From the date mentioned to August
4th Mr. Huckle was engaged, taking over the duties of a permanent general
inspector.
Overcrowding. During the investigations made by myself and staff
into the origin of infectious diseases, many cases of overcrowding came to lightIn
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 ounty 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.
ACTION UNDER HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING
ACT, 1909.
56, 64 and 68, West Street. These premises were taken in hand by the
Council in December, 1914, as the owner had failed to repair them, and in
March fresh notices were served on the owner under Section 15.
As she refused to pay the Council's bill for repairs, on the 14th October the
Magistrate at Tottenham Police Court made an order for the payment of the
amount of £72and costs by £5 a month.
HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING COMMITTEE.
The action of this body has been in suspense throughout the year.
Whether there will be no further progress in this important work until Mr.
Hembrow, the Town Planning Assistant, returns from war service, I cannot
say. Meanwhile, builders and owners are allowed to proceed on the bad oldfashioned
lines.
In April copies of the report of an Investigation Committee on " Arterial
Roads" were presented to my Council, who are greatly interested in the
proposed North Circular road from W. to E., and the Cambridge road from
S. to N. which will probably cross one another in the southern part of
Edmonton.