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Owing to non-compliance with 24 of the above-mentioned
Statutory Notices, legal proceedings were instituted against the
respective owners. Nuisance Orders were made by the Court and,
subsequent to these being made, the works required were carried
out.
During 1954, three houses, viz 80 Springfield Road, N.11, and
34 and 36 Palmers Road, N.ll, in respect of which in 1953 the
Council made Demolition Orders under the Housing Act 1936,
were demolished. The Council made a Demolition Order in 1954
in respect of 61 Ivy Road, N.14, and a Closing Order in respect
of two basement rooms at 17 Lower Park Road, N.11 following
inspections which revealed them to be unfit for habitation.
In Circular No. 28/54, received from the Minister of Health
in December, 1954, a request is made for the re-introduction into
this Report of information in tabular form, as required under
Article 31 of the Housing Consolidated Regulations 1925, which,
owing to wartime conditions, was curtailed, in 1940. The
information required is as follows:
(i) The number of houses which on inspection
were considered to be unfit for human
habitation 122
(ii) The number of houses, the defects in which
were remedied in consequence of informal
action by the Local Authority or their
officers 117
(iii) The number of representations made to the
Local Authority with a view to (a) the
serving of Notices requiring the execution
of works or (b) the making of Demolition
or Closing Orders 13
(iv) The number of Notices served requiring the
execution of works 5
(v) The number of houses which were rendered
fit after service of formal notices 5
(vi) The number of Demolition or Closing
Orders made 2
(vii) The number of houses in respect of which
an undertaking was accepted under subsection
(3) of Section 11 of the Housing Act
1936 1
(viii) The number of houses demolished 3
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