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Barnet 1960

[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 weatherproof22
Gutter, downpouts repaired and renewed20
Exterior brickwork repaired or repointed15
Walls, dampness remedied27
Chimney stacks and pots repaired or renewed3
Yard surfaces repaired or repaved2
Ceilings repaired or renewed13
Wall plaster repaired or renewed15
Walls and ceilings cleansed and decorated18
Floors repaired or renewed2
Staireases repaired6
Doors and frames repaired or renewed5
Windows repaired19
Fireplaces repaired or renewed1
Drains and sewage disposal plants cleared.33
Drains and sewage disposal plants repaired or reconstructed.22
Inspection chamber repaired or reconstructed13
Soil or vent pipes repaired or renewed2
Gullies, channels and fenders repaired or renewed4
Water Closet pans, fittings, repaired or renewed6
Sinks, waste pipes, etc. , repaired or renewed.2
Storage cisterns, cleansed, repaired or renewed4
Water services repaired, renewed or re-instated2
Accumulations removed5

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.