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3. Action under Statutory Powers during the year:
(A) Proceedings under Sections 9, 10 and 16 of the
Housing Act, 1936:
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring repairs 6
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered
fit after service of formal notices:
(a) By owners 10
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners 3
(B) Proceedings under Public Health Acts
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 10
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects
were remedied after service of formal notices:
(a) By owners 20
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners 2
(C) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the
Housing Act, 1936:
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
demolition orders were made 2
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance
of demolition orders
(D) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act,1936
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which closing orders were
made 2
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which closing orders were
determined, the tenement or room having been
rendered fit.
In no instance was it found necessary for legal proceedings
to be taken.
Housing Applications
The task of visiting housing applicants and the preparation
of reports on their living conditions has been discontinued with
the exception of certain cases where information is required by
the Council's Housing Officer or by Housing Departments of out
side districts when a Wood Green resident is an applicant on
their Housing List.Several such visits were made by the Sanitary
inspectors during the year.
I am happy to be able to report that the closest liaison
exists between the Housing Section and the Public Health Department.
Scarcely a week passes but consultation takes place between
both Departments in regard to housing applications.This particu
larly applies of course, to cases in which there is a medical
background especially cases of tuberculosis. It is very right
that this co-operation should exist,and it gives me great satisfaction
to believe that the weight of medical evidence invariably
receives sympathetic and careful consideration
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