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49.
HOUSING (Continued)
Underground Rooms (Continued)
2 undertakings specifying works of repair accepted
- undertakings specifying works of repair not accepted
2 underground premises made fit and Orders determined.
Derelict sites
Derelict sites throughout the Borough still present many problems but
gradually are disappearing as new buildings take their place. Their value as
parking places for cars, now that parking meters are in operation in Shoreditch,
has greatly increased and this automatically results in keeping many sites
presentable which would otherwise develop into refuse dumps.
Drainage plans
All drainage plans submitted to the local authority are perused by the
Public Health Inspectors before they are submitted to the appropriate committee
for approval.
During the year 78 plans were perused and numerous interviews have taken
place with architects, builders, owners and others concerned in the works
involved.
Overcrowding and Preferential Treatment
At the end of I96I the number of overcrowded cases on the Public Health
Department Register was 56, and the number of cases on the Register for
Preferential Treatment on medical grounds was 19.
During the year 10 cases of families living in overcrowded conditions were
found and added to the Register, and a survey of all premises on the Register
revealed that 11 families had been rehoused or had found alternative accommodation
themselves.
5 cases were removed from the Preferential Treatment Register.
The number of cases remaining on the Overcrowding Register at the end of
the year therefore was 55, the number remaining on the Preferential Treatment
Register being 14.
37 visits of inspection were made.
Rent Act 1957
No applications were received during the year under the Rent Act 1957.
Housing Repairs & Rents Act 1954
No applications were made to the local authority under the Housing Repairs
& Rents Act 1954 during the year.
Housing Act 1961.
Houses let in multiple occupation do not present a major problem in
this Borough, and in implementing this work regard has been made to the