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constructed van takes the furniture and effects, other than bedding and soft goods,
to the yard adjoining the Council's disinfecting station. The furniture is disinfested
by the hydrogen cyanide method by a firm of private contractors under the supervision
of one of the sanitary inspectors who has specialized in this type of work. The
bedding and soft goods are disinfested by steam at the disinfecting station. The
removal and disinfestation is thus completed on the same day.
The number of families moving to or transferring in the Council's flats during
the year was 99. During the year the Council also supervised the work of disinfestation
by the cyanide method of 15 Shoreditch families who were moved to a block of
flats erected in the Borough by the Shoreditch Housing Association. It is the
practice for the rooms vacated by persons moving into this Council's flats to be dealt
with by sanitary notice when necessary.
All other cases of bug infestation are dealt with by sanitary notice. In many
instances the bedding, etc., is subjected to steam and the tenants offered the use of a
pneumatic hand spray containing D solution.
SPECIAL REPAIR WORK
Housing Act, 1936. Section 9.
The following is a report of the work done under Section 9, Housing Act, 1936,
from the 1st January, 1937, to 31st December, 1937:—-
Number of premises inspected 84
Number of premises where Intimation Notices have been served 56
Number of premises where Statutory Notices were served 1
Number of premises where work required by notices has been satisfactorily
completed 55
Number of premises where progress is not satisfactory 1
The total estimated cost of works required amounts to £2,506 l2s. 0d.
The total estimated cost of works completed amounts to £2,486 17s. 0d.
1,170 visits of re-inspection were made to the premises in connection with this
work.
The premises inspected were confined to districts which are of the better type of
working class dwellings, occupied generally by a good type of tenant. Only one
inspector was employed on this special work.
Dangerous Structure Notices.
The number of these notices served during the last seven years was as follows:—
1931—190; 1932—211; 1933—225; 1934—210; 1935—106; 1936—110;
1937—127.
REBUILDING
During the year the following new blocks of flats were commenced (but not
completed), viz.:—
L.C.C. Estate, Nile Street 133 flats.
Shoreditch Borough Council, Halley House 10 „