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Four hundred and eighty six houses have been completed
for occupation, and 200 are in course of erection.
At the close of last year 615 dwellings were completed
for occupation, and 478 were in course of erection.
The houses we.ro distributed over the district as
follows:—
Child's Hill Ward (including the Garden Suburb) 432
Central Hendon Ward 33
Mill Hill Ward 21
Total 486
The total number of applications before the Council
were 133, embracing the proposed erection of 231 dwelling
houses, and 37 offices and shops. Three plans were submitted
for laying out new roads.
DRAINAGE WORK.
One hundred and twenty-six tests have been applied to
housi drains and 6oil pipes by smoke and water to ascertain
their condition, or in connection with the testing of drains
after being relaid or repaired.
The ground was opened for the examination of drains
under Section 41 of the Public Health Act. 1875, at 18 houses
by the Council's workmen, and the owners on receipt of a preliminary
notice caused the drains to be exposed for examination
at 33 houses.
In all cases where the ground was opened, and the drains
exposed for examination, defects were found, and in many
instances the pipes were found to be broken, improperly
jointed, leaky, or otherwise defective, and the traps, junctions
and connections in various ways unsatisfactory.