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be unfit for human habitation. The inspections and records
are required to cover certain definitely specified matters, and
are of a comprehensive nature, but, as the Board's Housing
Regulations were fully met by the existing system of house-tohouse
inspection, the Council decided that these inspections
should be continued in the same manner as heretofore.
Systematic house-to-house inspection has been carried out
in Finchley for many years past, with the result that dwelling-houses
in the poorer localities of the district have been
kept under constant observation. A large number of sanitary
defects have been discovered and remedied, and there
can be no doubt that these inspections have served the purpose
of preventing many houses from becoming insanitary,
and possibly unfit for human habitation.
During the year, a considerable number of houses in
specially selected parts of the district were very thoroughly
inspected by your late Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Prior,
and myself, and a special con-joint report was submitted to
the Public Health Committee dealing with the: result of our
investigations. In the report referred to it was stated that,
with one or two doubtful exceptions, there are at present no
houses in Finchley which appear to be in an uninhabitable
condition.