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(3) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the
Housing Act, 1957:-
(a) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
demolition orders were made
(b) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in
pursuance of demolition orders
(4) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1957 -
(a) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms
in respect of which closing orders were made
(b) 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 outside
districts when a Wood Green resident is an applicant on their
Housing List. Several such visits were made by the Public Health
Inspectors during the year.
In many cases I receive letters from private doctors pressing
the urgency of the need for rehousing a patient on medical grounds.
On these occasions I discuss the matter with the Housing Officer
and award extra points when I consider the case warrants some
priority. Unfortunately the housing situation in Wood Green is
so critical that at the moment all new housing accommodation is
needed to rehouse people from the clearance areas.
Smoke Control Areas
Work in the formation of smoke control areas under the Clean
Air Act 1956 continues. The Council s Smoke Control Order No. 3
came into operation on 1st October, 1961. This Order relates to
an area of 200 acres in extent and comprises 1389 dwellings in
the Bounds Green Area.
At the close of the year the Council submitted for approval
by the Minister of Housing and Local Government Smoke Control
Order No. 4 relating to an area embracing 1660 dwellings in the
Bowes Park area. It is proposed that the Order come into operation
on the 1st October, 1962.
During the year a further two volumetric apparatus were set
up in the Borough for the measurement of smoke and sulphur dioxide
as part of the National Survey by the Department of Scientific
and Industrial Research one in Bounds Green Secondary Modern
School, the other at Lordship Lane Secondary Modern School, where
the daily records are kept during term time by the scholars, under
the direction of their respective science masters. During the
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