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(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied:—
(a) By owners 13,106
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners
(c) Proceedings under Section 17 and 18 of the Housing, Town
Planning, &c., Act, 1909.
(1) Number of representations made with a view to the making
of Closing Orders —
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders
were made —
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing
Orders were determined, the dwelling-houses having been
rendered fit —
(4) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition
Orders were made —
(5) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of
Demolition Orders —
Unhealthy Areas.
Areas represented to the Local Authorities with a view to Improvement
Schemes under (a), Part I., or (b), Part II., of the Act of 1890:—
(1) Name of area Limehouse Fields
(2) Acreage 9.32 acres
(3) Number of working-class houses in area 348
(4) Number of working-class persons to be displaced
1,517 adults, 907 children
4.—Number of houses not complying with the building bye-laws
erected with consent of Local Authority under Section 25 of
the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919
5.—Staff engaged on Housing work with, briefly, the duties of each
Officer —
(No special Inspectors engaged, but 17 district nspectors proceed rom time to time
under the Housing Acts.)
Slaughtering of Poultry.
These bye-laws made by the London County Council to control the
slaughterers of poultry are now operative and 31 slaughterhouses have already
been registered after the necessary reconstruction has been carried out.
Second-hand Clothing.
Second-hand garments purchased for export to South Africa have to be
disinfected before they are admitted to that country. 153,735 articles were
disinfected during the year for this purpose.