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HOUSING.
There were no houses or flats erected or converted during the year.
1. Inspection of dwellinghouses during the year :—
(1) (a) Total number of dwellinghouses inspected for housing defects
(under Public Health or Housing Acts) 663
(b) Number of inspections made for the purposes 720
(2) (a) Number of dwellinghouses (included in subhead (1) above) which
were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 and 1932 -
(3) Number of dwellinghouses found to be in a state so dangerous or
injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation -
(4) Number of dwellinghouses (exclusive of those referred to under the
preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably lit for
human habitation 623
2. Remedy of Defects without service of formal notices :—
Number of defective dwellinghouses rendered lit in consequence of
informal action by the Local Authority or their officers 605
3. Action under Statutory Powers:—
(a) Proceedings under Section 9 of Housing Act, 1936. Nil
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts
(1) Number of dwellinghouses in respect of which notices were served
requiring defects to be remedied 18
(2) Number of dwellinghouses in which defects were remedied after
service of formal notices :—:
(a) by Owners 8
(b) by Local Authority in default of Owners 10
4. Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding ;—
Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year 2
Overcrowding:—The absence of the building of houses and flats during the war
years, the destruction of and major damage to houses by enemy action and
the natural increase in families, has accentuated the amount of overcrowding
in the district.
Water Supply.
All the houses in the district are provided with a constant service of water
by the Metropolitan Water Board, the water being examined bacteriologically
daily by the Board. In addition, the County Pathologist reports that the
samples of water submitted to him quarterly were good, Bacillus coli being
absent in 100 c.c's. The majority of the premises are directly connected to the
rising main. Seven Storage cisterns were cleansed and covered.