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Houses Unfit For Human Habitation.
In November of the year under review the dwellinghouse
known as 41, Station Road, N.3., was represented as
being in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be
unfit for human habitation. A Closing Order was made by
the Council and has since become operative. The house is
occupied by three families consisting of six adults and seven
children. These families had not found other accommodation
at the end of the year.
One small dwelling-house known as 10, St. John's
Terrace, Friern Lane, which had been unfit for human habitation
and unoccupied for several vears was put into a proper
state of repair and is now occupied.
The following houses were closed voluntarily by the
owners during the year, namely
Prospect House, East End Road, N.2., and 1, 2 and
3, Memell Cottages, Ballards Lane, N.3.
These houses will probably be demolished at an early
date.
Overcrowding.
The following cases of overcrowding of one or more
rooms in dwelling-houses have been recorded, namely :—
Overcrowded houses (on 31st December, 1927) 76
Overcrowded houses recorded during 1928 66
142
Overcrowding abated during 1928 56
Overcrowded houses outstanding 31st Dec., 1928 86
The Rent & Mortgage Interest Restrictions Acts,
1920 & 1923.
Three formal applications were received from tenants for
certificates under the above Acts to the effect that the houses
were not in a good and tenantable state of repair Two
applications were refused, and in one case the owner carried
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