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Standard Grants and Improvement Grants.
In conjunction with officers of the Borough Engineer & Surveyor's
Department, the Housing Inspector inspected 13 premises regarding which
applications had been made to the Council for standard or improvement
grants.
Temporarv Hutments.
Ten hutments owned by the Borough Council remained at the end of
the year.
Requisitioned Premises.
The number of dwellings under requisition by the Borough Council is
271, involving 397 lettings. The Housing Inspector, in conjunction with
officers of the Borough Engineer & Surveyor's Department, inspected 150
requisitioned houses in connection with their purchase and conversion.
New Housing.
During the year 469 new dwellings were completed in the Boroughs
44 by the Borough Council, 423 by the County Council, and 2 by private
enterprise. (See Appendix, page 68 ).
A total of 6,706 new permanent dwellings have been constructed in
the Borough since the Wars 4,383 by the London County Council; 2,127 by
the Borough Council; 69 by the Corporation of London, and 127 by private
enterprise.
Facing this page is a photograph of some 17-storey blocks of dwellings
being erected in the Borough by the County Council.
An Exhibition showing Housing progress in Stepney was held in Mile
End Library in April.
Caravans.
Several tines during the year residential caravans were reported to
have arrived in the Borough and parked on bombed sites. These were
visited by the Housing Inspector immediately the information was received,
and the occupiers were persuaded to vacate the sites.
The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1959, in Sections
22 and 23, makes provision for borough councils to grant licences
authorising persons to use or allow to be used land as sites for moveable
dwellings, and on and after 1st October, I960, it will be an offence to
use or allow to be used land for this purpose without such a ,licence.
Statistics.
A summary of inspections made by the Housing Inspector is given in
Table 18 on page 72 , and further housing statistics will be found on
pages 69 and 70.
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