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Public Cleansing.
House refuse was collected throughout the district once every week by
the Council's refuse collection service using modern vehicles and the refuse
taken for disposal to the Beckenham destructor. Trade refuse is also dealt with
and there is a regular collection of pig food from bins placed in the various roads.
There are no cesspools in the district.
Sanitary Inspection of the Area.
This subject is dealt with under the heading of Housing and in the Report
of the Chief Sanitary Inspector.
HOUSING.
The erection of 38 flats by the local authority was completed during the
year. Private builders erected 8 dwellinghouses and 4 maisonettes.
1. Inspection of Dwellinghouses during the Year:—
(1) (a) Total number of dwellinghouses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 766
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 828
(2) (a) Number of dwellinghouses (included in subhead (1) above)
which were inspected and recorded under the
Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 and 1932 26
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 26
(3) Number of dwellinghouses found not to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation 710
2. Remedy of Defects without Service of Formal Notices:
Number of defective dwellinghouses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority and their officers 601
3. Action under Statutory Powers:
Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwellinghouses in respect of which notices were
served requiring defects to be remedied 109
(2) Number of dwellinghouses in which defects were remedied
after service of formal notices:—
(a) by Owners 99
(b) by Local Authority in default of Owners 10
4. Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding.
Although progress has again been made in the erection of houses,
maisonettes and flats, there still remains an amount of overcrowding in the
district.
The Housing Manager reports that 103 families living in overcrowded or
unsatisfactory conditions were rehoused during the year.