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The statistical section of the report contains details of inspections and notices
served under the Housing and Public Health Acts and other relevant legislation; the
number of houses classified as a result of inspections under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925/32; details of improvements effected to dwelling houses as a result
of informal and statutory action; and information regarding the institution of legal
proceedings and the administration of the Rent Act, 1957 and Clean Air Act, 1956.
SLUM CLEARANCE AND REDEVELOPMENT AREAS
The Council's programme in relation to slum clearance and re-development is proceeding
satisfactorily. In October, an official representation in respect of a clearance
area comprising 36 houses in Morris and Avenue Roads was submitted to the Public Health
Committee, together with a report setting out details of the reasons- unfitness for
habitation and general bad arrangement, etc.- why demolition of all the houses in the
area was considered necessary. At its November meeting, the Public Health Committee
recommended the Council to declare this area to be a clearance area in accordance with
the provisions of Section 42 of the Act, and referred to the Housing Committee the
question of steps to be taken to secure the clearance and redevelopment of the area,
and the re-housing of the persons to be displaced. A compulsory purchase order was
subsequently confirmed by the Council at its meeting on 29th November, 1962.
Detailed inspection of properties included in the third of the Council's main
redevelopment areas is also in progress. Altogether some 795 inspections under Housing
Acts have been carried out during the course of the year.
A Public Local inquiry in respect of the second stage of the second area- The
Leyton Housing (Beaumont Road Area) Compulsory Purchase Order, 1961, was held in the
Town Hall on Wednesday, 23rd October. The order embraced three clearance areas, together
with adjoining lands, the whole comprising a net area of 11.06 acres. The Inquiry was
ordered by the Minister of Housing and Local Government to enable persons who objected
to their properties being included in the Compulsory Purchase Order, either on the
grounds that the houses were not unfit for human habitation, or because of other
personal or business reasons, to be heard. At the time of preparing this Report, the
Minister's decision had not been received.
The Inquiry marked the final stage of a lengthy procedure which began in February,
1961, with a detailed inspection of all houses in the areas by the Public Health
Inspectorate.
An official representation, and full details of conditions existing in the areas
was submitted to the Public Health Committee in November, 1961, when the Council was
recommended to declare the areas to be clearance areas, in accordance with the provisions
of Section 42 of the Housing Act, 1957. The Housing and Town Planning Committee dealt
with the question of re-housing the persons to be displaced, and the manner in which
the area was to be redeveloped. The Compulsory Purchase Order was subsequently confirmed
by the Council at its meeting on 29th November.
It may be of interest to recall some of the points included in the Report, detailing
the main and material conditions affecting properties in the Beaumont Road Clearance
Areas, which was submitted to the Public Health Committee, and to illustrate certain
of these features with photographs (please refer to photographs between pages 16 — 17
when reading the outline report which follows).
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