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Repairs to Houses
During the year under review, repairs have been carried out
at 441 houses as a result of the efforts of the Public Health
Inspectors. The repairs varied from those of a major character to
those minor repairs necessary to abate specific nuisances.
The repairs referred to were carried out mainly as a result of
informal action on the part of the Inspectors. Only in 33 instances
was it found necessary to follow-up informal action by the service
of Statutory Notices.
It became necessary for the Council in one instance to institute
legal proceedings to secure compliance with a Statutory Notice
requiring the carrying out of repairs. A Court Order was obtained
and the works were subsequently carried out.
Unfit Houses
During 1961, further progress was made in the implementation
of the Council's programme for dealing with unfit houses.
225-235 Tottenhall Road, N.13
The above six houses, which previously had been acquired
by the Council following the declaration of a Clearance Area,
were demolished. The land is being developed by the Council
for housing.
142 Ivy Road, N.14
The forty'two houses were demolished by the Council in
June. They were the subject of a Clearance Area declared in
1960. Nineteen of them not in the ownership of the Council
were acquired by way of a Compulsory Purchase Order. The
land is to be developed by the Council for housing purposes.
3, 4, 5, 6 Simmons Cottages, Winchmore Hill Road, N.14
Following confirmation in 1960 by the Minister of
Housing and Local Government of a Clearance Order in
respect of these houses, the Council rehoused the tenants and
the houses were demolished by the owners in November 1961.
44-60 and 75-79 Ivy Road, N.14
In March, I made representations to the Council in respect
of the unfitness of all these houses and two Clearance Areas
were declared by the Council under Part III of the Housing
Act 1957. In order to effect clearance, the Council resolved
to acquire the houses and land. At the close of 1961,
acquisition was being proceeded with.
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