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I append here the information required by the Local Government
Board, in tabular form, as to the carrying out of their
instructions in reference to the Regulations under Section 17
of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909." These proceedings
do not include all the instances of house and premises
improvement effected by your sanitary officials, particulars of
which are stated in a previous part of this Report.
Action taken under the Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act, 1909.
1. Number of Houses inspected 370
2. Number of Houses unfit for human habitation 3
3. Representations made for Closing Orders Nil.
4. Closing Orders made Nil.
5. Houses remedied without Closing Orders being
made 312
6. Houses remedied after Closing Orders were made Nil.
The defects found in the houses were dampness arising
from defective damp-courses, floors esting on the ground,
defective roofs, defective sanitary arrangements, &c.
The repairs required to put the premises in all respects
fit for human habitation were of considerable magnitude,
entailing the putting in of proper damp-courses, the taking up
and re-laying of ground floors, excavating for air space and
concrete over site of floors, stripping roofs, re-slating and
tiling, repairs to ceilings and walls, and the provision of new
sanitary accommodation.
Water Supply.
The district is mainly supplied by the South Essex Water
Company. The supply is good and constant. The water is
a very good potable water. There are few private wells in
the town, and these are gradually becoming fewer, action being
taken to enforce the laying of the public water when the private
supply is found to be impure, samples being brought to me for
analysis by the Sanitary Inspector as occasion requires. The
outlying parts of the district are also mainly supplied by the
South Essex Company, with the exception of Noak Hill. Noak
Hill is partly in the Urban and partly in the Rural district of
Romford. The S.E. Co's water main will, 1 understand, shortly
be extended to this disstrict.