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Case No. Result.
6, 7 and 8. Nuisance Orders made to do work in 56 days and pay a total
of £2 2s. 0d. costs and £1 8s. 6d. Court costs.
9 and 10. Nuisance Orders made to do work in 14 days and pay a total of
£1 1s. 0d. costs and Court costs.
11. Nuisance Order made to do work in eight weeks and to pay 11s. 6d.
Court costs.
An appeal against this decision by way of case stated was made to
the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justices, when the
Appeal was dismissed with costs against the Appellant.
12. Nuisance Order made to do work in 28 days and to pay 8s. 6d. Court
costs.
13. Case adjourned sine die, the work having been commenced prior to date
of hearing.
In addition to verbal intimation of defects in premises, 745 written
informal notices and 89 statutory notices were served under the Public Health Act,
1936, and two statutory notices under Section 9, Housing Act, 1936. Six hundred
and fifty-six intimation notices and 88 statutory notices were complied with.
The Local Authority, in default of the owners, had carried out the works
required by one statutory notice served under Section 94 of the Public Health
Act, 1936, and two notices served under Section 9 of the Housing Act, 1936.
The Council also did the work required by 19 notices served under Section
24 of the Public Health Act, 1936, respecting defective public sewers (previously
known as combined drains) at 34 premises.
One house was demolished during the year following the making of a
Demolition Order under Section 11 of the Housing Act, 1936, the previous year.
A Closing Order was made under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936,
respecting one underground room which could not be made fit for human
habitation at a reasonable cost. A Closing Order was also made regarding a
basement room which could not be made to comply with the byelaws relating
to Underground Rooms.
No applications were received under the Rent Restriction Acts for
certificates that houses were not in a reasonable state of repair.
The drainage systems of 57 premises were wholly or partially relaid and
89 cleared of obstructions.
There was a diminution in the number of premises found to be infested
with vermin, but it was necessary to disinfest 87 rooms as against 124 rooms in
1950.
Five licences to deal in game were issued during the year.