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(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred
to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in
all respects reasonably fit for human habitation ... 871
2. Remedy of Defects without Service of Formal Notices:—
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority or
their Officers 681
3. Action under Statutory Powers :—
A. Proceedings under Sections 9, 10 and 16 of the Housing
Act, 1936:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring repairs 18
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered
fit after service of formal notices :—
(a) By owners
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners 3
B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts :—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 131
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices :-
(a) By owners 76
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners 15
C. Proceedings under Sections 11, 12, and 13 of the Housing
Act, 1936
The following is a list of those houses included in the different Orders,
Clearance or Demolition, made before the war and which are still occupied
(the figures in parenthesis are the numbers of houses still occupied) :—
Clearance Orders: West End Lane, No. 1 (1) and No. 2 (2) ;
Ferndale Terrace (8) ; High Street, Stanmore, No. 3 (2) and No. 4 (4);
College Hill Road (2); Headstone Place (20); Pleasant Place (3);
Brewery Cottages (5), a total of 47.
Demolition Orders : 1-11, Peel Road (1) ; 93, 95 (1) and 99, 101 (1),
Greenford Road ; Kingsfield Terrace (6), a total of 9.
Closing Orders : Canning Place (2).
In addition, four out of the five properties the Minister condemned
in the unconfirmed Marlborough Road Clearance Orders are occupied,
the total number of condemned properties still being occupied being 62.
There are also four houses at present occupied, but in regard to which
the owner has given an undertaking that they will not be re-let when
vacated by the present tenants.