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Number of Notices served—
(a) Under Public Health Act—
(i.) Intimation 5,126
(ii.) Statutory 1,016
(b) Under Housing Act —
Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied under Public Health Act,
1891 5,126
Number of houses repaired under Section 3 of Housing Act, 1925—
(a) By owners —
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners —
Note.—This Section was, in August, rendered inoperative by the
Housing Act, 1930.
Number of houses closed on notice by owner that they could not be made fit —
Number of houses for the Working Classes—
(a) Erected during the year 54
(b) In course of erection 55
Number of representations by Medical Officer or other person —
Number of houses included in such representations —
Number of Closing Orders made —
Number of Closing Orders determined (i.e., houses made fit) —
Number of Demolition Orders —
Number of houses demolished—
(a) In pursuance of Orders —
(b) Voluntary 59
Underground Rooms.
Number illegally occupied 2
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued 2
Overcrowding.
Number of cases of overcrowding found 136
Number remedied 92
Number of prosecutions —
Fur Skin Dressers.
At the end of the year there was one on the Register. Eight visits of inspection
were made, and two Intimation Notices were served in respect of lime washing.
These were duly complied with.
Rag and Bone Dealers.
Some 22 premises to which bye-laws under Section 9 of the London County
Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, apply, were on the Register at the end of the
year. The visits paid to these during the year numbered 48. Intimations as to
the need for cleanliness were written and duly attended to in 7 instances.