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1175 High Road. N.20,
and 3 Dollis Road, N.3
These houses, which were vacant, were found to be unfit for
habitation but as the result of consultations with the owners, they
agreed to make them fit and both houses have been re-occupied.
1192a and 1192c High Road, N.20
The above old dwellings, which were unoccupied, were found
to be in a dangerous condition. Representations were made to the
owner, who demolished the premises.
Inspections
The total number of inspections made during the year was
15,097. At 870 of the houses and other premises visited, defects or
nuisances to the number of 3,126 were discovered, and at the end
of the year 3,590 including a number outstanding at the end of
1948 had been remedied or abated. The work in connection with
266 was in hand and 1,715 were outstanding. In order to ascertain
that the sanitary defects were being properly remedied 1,655 visits
were paid to the respective premises while the work was in progress.
The difficulty of getting sanitary defects remedied is still
increasing. The rents of controlled dwellings remain stationary,
but the cost of repairs continues to rise with the result that the
amount of money required to render a house fit is out of all
proportion to its value.
This is a very serious state of affairs for which it is difficult
to suggest a remedy.
The total number of inspections made in regard to each
section of work is recorded below, together with a summary of the
sanitary improvements carried out:
Inspections under Housing Acts 23
Special Inspections 3,333
Reinspections 2,959
Inspections of Works in Progress 1,655
Inspections of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces
(including Bakehouses and Restaurant Kitchens) 464
Visits to Slaughterhouses 9
Inspections of Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops 30
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