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SECTION D.
HOUSING.
Clearance Areas.
During the year, three Clearance Areas were defined
comprising forty-one premises as follow :—
Area No. 30 consisted of 3 premises in Chislehurst Road, Orpington.
Area No. 31 consisted of 6 premises in Poverest Road, St. Mary Cray.
Area No. 32 consisted of 32 premises in Poverest Road and Cross
Road, St. Mary Cray.
A clearance Order was made in respect of Area No. 30 and
Compulsory Purchase Orders in connection with Areas No. 31
and 32.
As no objection was raised to a Clearance Order affecting
premises in Area No. 30 confirmation of this Order was received
from the Ministry of Housing and Local Government during the
year.
One owner, raised objection to Compulsory Purchase Orders
in respect of properties owned by him in Areas No. 31 and 32, and
it was necessary to hold a Hearing which was presided over by an
Inspector of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government on
the 23rd October, 1956, but by the end of the year, no decision
had been received from the Ministry.
Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954.
Not a single application for a Certificate of Disrepair was
received during 1956 and the only activity under this Act was the
revocation of one Certificate which had been granted in December,
1955.
Housing Statistics for the Year 1956.
Total number of valuation assessments, houses and flats,
at 31st December, 1956 22,724
1. Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the Year:—
(1) (a) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for
housing defects (under the Public Health or Housing
Acts) 217
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 917
(2) Number of dwelling houses (included under sub-head
(1) above) which were inspected and recorded under the
Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925
(3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation 1
(4) Number of dwelling houses (exclusive of those referred
to under the preceeding sub-head) found not to be in all
respects reasonably fit for human habitation 174