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HOUSING.
During the year, the Local Authority converted 8 houses into 29 flats.
Private builders erected 7 dwellinghouses, 6 maisonettes and converted 5 houses
into 20 flats.
1. Inspection of Dwellinghouses during the Year :-
(1) (a) Total number of dwellinghouses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 1,173
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 1,238
(2) (a) Number of dwellinghouses (included in subhead (1)
above) which were inspected and recorded under
the Housing Consolidated Regulations 1925 and 1932 31
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 125
(3) Number of dwellinghouses found not to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation 1,117
2. Remedy of Defects without Service of Formal Notices :—
Number of defective dwellinghouses rendered fairly fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority or
their officers 1,037
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 81
(2) Number of dwellinghouses in which defects were remedied
after service of formal notices :-
(a) by Owners 70
(b) by Local Authority in default of Owners 9
4. Housing Act, 1936-Overcrowding.
Although progress again has been made with conversion of large houses
into flats, there still remains a large amount of overcrowding in the district.
The Housing Manager reports that 103 families living in overcrowded and
unsatisfactory conditions were rehoused during the year.
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.
Four storage cisterns were renewed, cleansed or covered.