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Standard Grants and Improvement Grants.
In conjunction with officers of the Borough Engineer & Surveyor's
Department, the Housing Inspector inspected 19 premises regarding which
applications had been made to the Council for standard or improvement
grants.
New Housing.
During the year, 4.96 new dwellings were completed in the Borough:
93 hy the Borough Council, 330 by the County Council and 73 by private
enterprise. (See Appendix, page 71).
A total of 7,658 new permanent dwellings have been constructed in
the Borough since the war: 5,026 by the London County Council, 2,359 by
the Borough Council, 69 by the Corporation of London and 204 by private
enterprise.
At the end of the year, units of accommodation owned by the Council
numbered 4,147, comprising 3,717 erected by the Council and 430 formerly
requisitioned and other premises purchased by the Council.
Caravans.
Several times 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 in some cases the occupiers were persuaded to vacate the
sites.
In other cases, legal proceedings had to be employed to enforce
vacation of sites by caravanners who contravened Section 22 of the
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1959, by stationing their
caravans on land which was not licensed for the purpose. Four summonses
were heard, resulting in fines of £7.0.0d with costs £2.2.0d. Many
more summonses were issued, but not served, the persons having left the.
sites in respect of which the summonses were made out.
Statistics.
A Summary of inspections made by the Housing Inspector is given on
page 67, and further housing statistics will be found on pages 64 and 65.
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