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SECTION D.
HOUSING
Number of New Houses erected during the year:
(i) By the Local Authority 4
(ii) By other Local Authorities 0
(iii) By other bodies or persons 806
Number of Houses voluntarily demolished: 13.
85, 87. 89, 91 and 93, High Street.
34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48, North Street.
Number of Houses voluntarily closed: 4.
85, 87, 175 and 177, High Street.
Number of Demolition Orders made: 10.
70, 72, 74 and 76, High Street.
29, St. Mary's Lane.
la, 4, 5 and 6, Harveys Cottages, Upminster Road.
119, Upminster Road.
Number of Houses demolished following representations: 1.
205, Rainham Road.
Number of Undertakings accepted to make houses fit for human
habitation: 1.
15, Staverton Road.
As seen Local Authority housebuilding during the year was at a low
completion level and private building also declined somewhat.
It is also reasonable that the number of houses demolished showed
a decline.
Certificates of Disrepair.
The following is a copy of a Return under the Rent Act, 1957,
sent to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government for the period
1st January to 31st December, 1958:
Part I—A pplications for Certificates of Disrepair:
(1) Number of applications for certificates 94
(1 withdrawn by tenant).
(2) Number of decisions not to issue certificates 1
(3) Number of decisions to issue certificates
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 74
(b) in respect of all defects 26
(4) Number of undertakings given by landlords under
Paragraph 5 of the First Schedule 70
(5) Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority
under proviso to Paragraph 5 of the First
Schedule 1
(6) Number of Certificates issued 45