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INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT AND ABATEMENT OF
NUISANCES.
Many complaints have been received from inhabitants of the
district and been dealt with. Owing to relaxation during the war,
defects in house property have very largely increased and
are now made much more difficult to deal with owing to the very
abnormal cost and scarcity of material and labour. Much has,
however, been achieved1 by persistently calling attention of owners
to the necessity for remedying the defects.
The increase in rates being passed on to tenants under the
provisions of the Increase of Rents and Mortgage Restrictions
Act has been responsible for some somewhat frivolous complaints,
while many of the complaints were from people who would have
found other accommodation in normal times and left it to the
landlord to execute the necessary repairs for a new tenant. On
the other hand numerous complaints have been received from
occupiers who in normal times would have anticipated ejectment
as the inevitable consequence of complaint.
Only one summons for abatement of nuisance was taken out
and this was withdrawn, the nuisance being abated and the
defendant paving costs.
House to house inspection has been made at 498 houses in the
following roads:—
Avondale Road, Leyton
Boundary Road, Leyton
Burchell Road, Leyton
Chertsey Road, Leytonstone
Capworth Street, Leyton
Dawlish Road, Leyton
Goldsmith Road, Leyton
High Road, Leyton (portion)
Lea Bridge Gardens, Leyton
Millais Road, Leyton
Manby Road, Leyton
Napier Road, Leytonstone
Temple Mills Crescent, Leyton
Wilmot Road, Leyton
Three empty houses have been inspected in accordance with
the provisions of the Housing and Town Planning Act, 1919, with
a view to requiring them to be made in all respects reasonably
fit for human habitation.