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(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects
were remedied after service of formal
notices
(a) By owners 12
(b) By local authority in default of
owners —
C. Proceedings under Sections 19 and 21 of the
Housing Act, 1930:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which Demolition Orders were made 7
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in
pursuance of Demolition Orders 7
D. Proceedings under Section 20 of the Housing Act,
1930:—
(1) Number of separate tenements or
ground rooms in respect of which Closing
Orders were made —
(2) Number of separate tenements or
ground rooms in respect of which Closing
Orders were determined, the tenement or
room having been rendered fit —
Demolition of Houses under the Housing Act, 1930.
In 1933 the Ministry of Health called for a return of the
properties it was anticipated would be considered for demolition
under the Housing Act, 1930, under the various heads of Clearance
Areas, Improvement Areas or as individual houses to be dealt
with under Section 19.
Clearance Areas: In the Wealdstone and the Hendon Rural
Districts there were no properties scheduled under this heading.
In the Harrow-on-the-Hill area a number of properties were
tentatively scheduled, namely, 12 houses in Wellington Terrace,
9 in Waldron Road, 5 in West Street, and 9 in Waldrons Yard.
At the end of 1934 the position with regard to these groups of
properties was that the houses in Waldron Road had been reconditioned.
Negotiations were proceeding with a view to the
properties in Wellington Terrace being demolished and a smaller
number of houses being erected on the site. Proceedings with
regard to the properties in West Street were held up owing to a
change in ownership, and the future of the properties in Waldrons
Yard was the subject of negotiation with the owners of the houses.
Improvement Areas: In none of the three districts was any
property scheduled to be dealt with as an Improvement Area.
Houses to be dealt with in Section 19: There were 21 houses
in the Hendon Rural District which it was proposed should be dealt
with under Section 19. It was not anticipated that all these
properties would necessarily require demolition, the owners in