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MIDDLESEX COUNTY COUNCIL ACT, 1944 - 1950 - STREET TRADING
Under the provisions of the Byelaws made by the Council under the
above Acts, seven letters of warning were sent for contraventions.
Legal proceedings were instituted in two cases and fines amounting
to one guinea with costs of a guinea in each case were imposed.
Shops, stores and other traders premises coming within the scope of
the Act were inspected throughout the year including Sundays and evenings.
HEATING APPLIANCES (FIREGUARDS) ACT, 1952
The Shops Act Inspector is the Appointed Authorised Officer under
the Act.
Inspections were carried out under the Act during the year and one
gas fire which did not comply with the Act was discovered. This was surrendered
to the Inspector for destruction by the Council, which was duly carried
out.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
HOUSING
It will be seen from Table A below, that the number of houses in
which the Health Department had to take formal or informal action was less
than in 1958. In 1958 something over 700 houses required action, in 1959
the number was 490.
Apart from this individual action, 390 houses in five areas were
represented for slum clearance. The Angel Road South Clearance Area No.l
comprising 1 to 45 Angel Road, 1 to 8 Cross Street, 1 to 69 (odd) and 87
Raynham Road, and 2 to 34 (even) Raynham Road were represented on the 9th
February, 1959. This area contained 95 houses in which lived 293 persons.
On the same date the Angel Road South Clearance Area No.2 comprising 50 to
56 and 59 to 88 Angel Road, 78 to 98(even) & 74,76, and 78a, 78-98(even)Raynham
Road, 3 to 21 (odd) and 2 to 16 (even) Woolmer Road and 1 to 61 (odd) Upton
Road was represented. This area contained 100 houses with 304 persons. A
Public Inquiry, following objections, was held on the 2nd December, 1959,
and a compulsory purchase order for the two areas and certain adjoining land
was subsequently confirmed with minor modifications.
On the 2nd September, 1959, the Hertford Road Clearance Area comprising
55 and 57a, Hertford Road, two houses with five people in them, was
represented. On the same date the No.l Town Road Clearance Area comprising
3 to 25 (odd) Town Road, 12 houses containing 33 persons was represented.
On the 12th October, 1959, the Barbot Street/Chauncey Street
Clearance Area was represented. This included 1 to 23 Rosebery Road, 1 to 68
Barbot Street, 1 to 71 Chauncey Street, 152 to 184 (even) Victoria Road and
133 to 135 (odd) Victoria Road. This area contained 181 houses in which 554
persons lived.
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