Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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SANITARY WORK AND REPAIRS.
The following is a list of repairs effected as a result of informal and formal notices served:-
Roofs repaired and made weatherproof | 22 |
Gutter, downpouts repaired and renewed | |
Exterior brickwork repaired or repointed | 15 |
Walls, dampness remedied | 27 |
Chimney stacks and pots repaired or renewed | 3 |
Yard surfaces repaired or repaved | 2 |
Ceilings repaired or renewed | 13 |
Wall plaster repaired or renewed | 15 |
Walls and ceilings cleansed and decorated | 18 |
Floors repaired or renewed | 2 |
Staireases repaired | 6 |
Doors and frames repaired or renewed | 5 |
Windows repaired | 19 |
Fireplaces repaired or renewed | 1 |
Drains and sewage disposal plants cleared. | 33 |
Drains and sewage disposal plants repaired or reconstructed. | 22 |
Inspection chamber repaired or reconstructed | 13 |
Soil or vent pipes repaired or renewed | 2 |
Gullies, channels and fenders repaired or renewed | 4 |
Water Closet pans, fittings, repaired or renewed | 6 |
Sinks, waste pipes, etc. , repaired or renewed. | 2 |
Storage cisterns, cleansed, repaired or renewed | 4 |
Water services repaired, renewed or re-instated | 2 |
Accumulations removed | 5 |
HOUSING.
During the year, only one Demolition Order was made and demolition had not
taken place by the end of the year.
The occupiers were rehoused from six houses which were the subject of
Demolition Orders made in previous years. The moving of these families provided
vacant possession of all houses in three terraces, with the resultant demolition of
thirteen houses,
There now remain to be rehoused, at the end of the year, the occupiers of
three houses, following which demolition can proceed of a further eleven houses.
The finding of suitable accommodation for these families is not an easy
task, and it does sometimes mean more than one unit of accommodation being provided
for the occupiers of one unfit house. It was this situation coupled with the
delays of our new housing estate, on which the Council based their report to the
Ministry that the five years slum clearance programme, which should have been
completed in 1960, would not in fact be completed until 1961.