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10
DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION.
The number of articles dealt with at the Disinfecting Station
was as follows:—
Articles disinfected 469
Articles destroyed 58
145 rooms were disinfected on account of infectious disease,
and 99 disinfested on account of the presence of vermin.
HOUSING.
The Borough Surveyor has kindly supplied me with the following
figures, showing the number of houses which have been erected or
rebuilt during the year.
Council Houses Completed:—
Durnsford Road 12 "Orlit" houses.
Palmerston Road (Grasmere Court) 24 flats.
Pellatt Grove (Greenwood House)12 flats.
Council Houses in Hand at end of the year:—
Bounds Green Road 40 flats.
Truro Road (Marlow House) 9 flats.
Vincent Road (Vincent Square) 56 flats.
Private Enterprise.
41 war-destroyed houses and flats were rebuilt during the year
by private enterprise, and a further 45 houses and flats were under
construction, giving 42 housing units completed, and 47 housing
units in progress.
WORK OF THE SANITARY INSPECTORS.
The following tables give a brief summary of the routine work
of the Sanitary Inspectors during the year. It will be seen that
a very large part of the Inspectors' time is devoted to inspections and
re-inspections of dwelling-houses. This is part of the legacy of the
war years, during which it was not possible to have all housing
defects remedied as they arose, with the result that there has been