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district have been inspected, and the details of their construction
is well known to us. The houses in certain roads, owing chiefly to
the class of tenants occupying them, are continually becoming
more or less insanitary. These receive frequent periodical
attention.
In the future it is probable that a poorer class of London
worker will select Leyton for his home. One who is unable to pay
the rent demanded for tenements as they now exist. Then overcrowding,
with its attendant nuisances, will be the chief problem
with which we shall have to deal.
STATEMENT, required by Article V. of the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910, in regard to
the inspection of dwelling-houses under section 17 (1) of
the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909.
Number of dwelling-houses inspected under
and for the purposes of the section 1912
Number of such dwelling-houses which were
considered to be in a state so dangerous or
injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation
4 Regarding 2 of these, the
owner agreed tc close
and demolish same
Number of dwelli g-houses in respect of
which representations were made to the
local authority with a view to the making
of closing orders 2
Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which closing orders were made by the
local authority
No orders made, the owner
having proceeded to
place the houses in proper
repair
Number of dwelling-houses the defects in
which were remedied without the making
of closing orders 1576
Number of dwelling-houses which, after the
making of closing orders, were made fit for
human habitation Nil.
General character of the defects found to
exist in the dwelling-house inspected
Leaking drains; broken ventilating
pipes; w.c. flushing
cisterns and pipes out of order;
cracked and broken w.c. pans;
broken, cracked and porous
scullery sinks and waste pipes;
leaking roofs; absence of, or
broken paving around houses;
holes in plaster of ceilings and
walls; damp walls; want of
ventilation under ground floors;
general uncleanly conditions.