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1050-1056 High Road, N.20
These houses which were purchased by the Council were
demolished and the site cleared.
Inspections
The total number of inspections made during the year was
15,908. At 827 of the houses and other premises visited, defects
or nuisances to the number of 3,784 were discovered, and at the
end of the year 3,031, including a number outstanding at the end
of 1949, had been remedied or abated. The work in connection
with 146 was in hand and 2,322 were outstanding. In order to
ascertain that the sanitary defects were being properly remedied
1,947 visits were paid to the respective premises while the work
was in progress.
Once again I must draw attention to the serious position
with regard to housing repairs arising from the rising costs of
labour and materials, and the static rents of controlled dwellings.
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 33
Special Inspections 3,399
Reinspections 2,864
Inspections of Works in Progress 1,947
Inspections of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces
(including Bakehouses and Restaurant Kitchens) 521
Visits to Slaughterhouses 6
Inspections of Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops 20
Inspections of Ice Cream Premises 94
Inspections of Meat, Fish and other Food Shops 775
Inspections of Shops (Shops Acts) 119
Visits re Infectious Disease and Vermin 770
Visits re Rodent Control 4,021
Visits re Housing Act, 1936 272
Visits re Building Licences 13
Visits re Hawkers 62
Visits to Hairdressers' Premises 9
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