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tenements. They had, however, been allowed to get into a very dirty and
dilapidated state and were inspected by order of the Health Committee in October.
Several of the tenements were found unoccupied. Intimations were sent to the
owner as to what was necessary to be done. He thereupon closed the houses and
they remained closed at the end of the year.
Halcombe Place, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. These houses, each
containing three rooms, were inspected by order of the Health Committee in
December. They were, with few exceptions, dirty and verminous and dampness
was observable in some of the walls. On the whole the sanitary defects were of
minor importance. Intimations were served upon the owner, who lost no time in
dealing with the houses.
In accordance with the provisions of Article V. of the regulations prescribed
by the Local Government Board under the Act, the subjoined information and
particulars are given with respect to the action taken during the year 1913 :—
(1) The number of houses inspected under Section 17 30
(2) The number of houses considered unfit for habitation 1
(3) Representations made to the Local Authority with a view to
Closing Orders 1
(4) Number of Closing Orders made 1
(5) The number of dwelling-houses, the defects of which were
remedied without Closing Orders 10
(6) The number of dwelling-houses which, after the making of
Closing Orders, were put in a fit state for habitation —
(7) The general character of the defects found to exist—these have
already been mentioned.
The results for the year may be briefly summarised as follows:—The work in
respect to 2 houses outstanding at the end of 1912 was completed; of 30 houses
inspected during the year 1 was closed after representation by the Medical Officer
of Health, 5 were closed without such representation, 5 were ordered to be dealt
with under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and of these 3 were closed by
order of the Magistrate and 2 without such orders. These 11 houses remained
closed at the end of the year; 6 of them will probably be demolished. Of the
remaining 19, in 8 the works required were practically completed, and in the case
of the rest the inspections were made so near the end of the year that there was
no time for the necessary works to be commenced before the close of the year.
Since the Act came into operation some 90 houses have been inspected in
accordance with its provisions by order of the Health Committee. Of these 14
have been represented as unfit for habitation and closed; 13 have been demolished
without demolition orders; 15 have been closed without representations being
made under the Act and of these 2 have been demolished, one has ceased to be