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Canal Boats
Acts, 1877
and 1884.
Housing.
1. Total number of houses in the
borough 37,237
2. Number of houses occupied by
the working classes 35,199
Public Health Act.
3. No. of houses inspected on
account of complaints 2,637
Illness 1,239
4. Number of statutory notices
served 3,596
5. Number of houses repaired or
nuisances remedied 12,243
Housing Acts (1925-35).
6. Number of houses inspected—
house to house (Housing Consolidated
Regs. 1925) 207
7. (a)Number of houses included
in representations by the
BoroughMedical Officer under
Sec. I of H.A. 1930 22
(b) Number of houses demolished
following representation
by Borough Medical
Officer under Sec. I. of H.A.
1930
(c) Under the H.A. 1925 49
8. Number of houses repaired
under Sections 17 and 18 of
H.A. 1930:
(а) by owners
(б)by L.A. in default of owners
9. Number of houses demolished :
(a) in pursuance of orders
under Sec. 19 of the Housing
Act, 1930 2
(b) Voluntarily
10. Number of houses (wholly or
in part) the subject of Closing
Orders (excluding underground
rooms)
11. Number of Closing Orders
determined i.e., houses made
fit)
12. Number of houses erected by
the Borough Council for working
classes during year 154
13. Houses Let in Lodgings.
Number in Borough 3,427
Number of inspections 2,096
Number of prosecutions 1
Number of complaints remedied
under the By-laws (not
included under any other
heading) 94
14. Underground Rooms.
Number occupied but unfit
under Sec. 18 of H.A. 1925 as
modified by Sec. 84 of Housing
Act, 1935 6,134
Number closed or modified
occupation approved under
Section 84 H.A. 1935 10
15. Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1935)
Number of houses inspected
under Sec. I of H.A. 1935 848
Number of families found to
be living in overcrowded conditions
Sec.I of H.A. 1935 674
Number of overcrowded families
who have obtained alternative
accommodation 255
infectious diseases—cases notified under local orders (excluding cases coming to knowledge
otherwise than by notification).
Disease. Cases notified. Period.
Measles (Children up to 5 years) 1,383 1st January to 31st December, 1936
German Measles
Whooping Cough
Rheumatic Fever (0-16)
Chicken Pox
Zymotic Enteritis
Pursuant to ihe Third Section of the Canal Boats Act, 1884, the Metropolitan
Borough ol Stepney, being the Registration Authority under the Canal
Boats Acts, has to report as follows with regard to the execution of such Acts
and of the Regulations made thereunder, and as to the steps taktn by them as
such authority during the year 1936 to give effect to the provisions of the said
Acts and Regulations, viz.:—
(1) Canal Boats coming within the district are inspected by a Sanitary
Inspector, who receives a sum of £10 per annum for the performance of this
duty. His inspection is irrespective of the examination of Boats made by the
Examining Officer prior to their registration.