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in November, the house-to-house inspections individually
undertaken by them being discontinued, and the work of
remedying the defects recorded by the survey inspectors
in the survey being commenced. The practice now, therefore,
is for the survey inspector to complete a small area
in one of the Wards and then hand over the cards to the
district inspectors to serve the necessary notices for the
abatement of the nuisances when it is possible for these
nuisances to be dealt with under the provisions of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891.
The housing conditions in the past year have still been so
acute as to make it impossible for any recommendations to
be made in connection with the closing of any houses, but,
in order to be able to take this aspect into consideration in
the course of a year or two, the houses surveyed have been
classified into five different grades in accordance with the
extent of the dilapidations and defects that are found to exist.
Results of Survey. Up to the end of December, a total of
2,680 houses were surveyed by the Inspectors specially engaged
on this work. These have been periodically reported
at the meetings of the Public Health and Housing Committee.
The summary for the year under the five headings
is as follows
Grade 1. In such a state by reason of impossibihty to
provide adequate light, ventilation, floor
levels, height and size of rooms, and
other defects of construction, as not to be
capable of remedy, and should be on a
schedule or included in an area 46
Grade 2. Unfit for human habitation by reason of
extensive dilapidations and dirty conditions,
but subject to effective remedy
under a Closing Order 17