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Action Taken by Local Authority or Owner as result of the
Service of Statutory or Informal Notices.
Housing Act.
(i) Section 9—Dwellings rendered fit after service of
Statutory Notices:
(a) By Owners 23
(b) By Local Authority in default of Owners 2
(ii) Section 11 and 12 (action to date not completed) 3
(iii) Dwellings rendered fit by Owners after receipt of
Informal Notice (Section 9) 97
Public Health Act.
(i) Section 24—Public Sewers repaired 14
Note: Work to Public Sewer must be undertaken by
the Local Authority or a Contractor instructed
by them.
(ii) Section 39—Drains repaired or renewed:
(a) By Owners 13
(b) By Local Authority in default of Owners 16
(iii) Section 45—Water-closets repaired or renewed:
(a) By Owners 5
(b) By Local Authority in default of Owners Nil
(iv) Section 56—Yards repaired:
(a) By Owners 2
(b) By Local Authority in default of Owners Nil
(v) Section 75—Dustbins provided:
(a) By Owners 18
(b) By Local Authority in default of Owners 55
(vi) Section 83—Verminous Premises cleansed 2
(vii) Section93—Nuisances Abated 33
Note : Only in one case was it necessary to apply to
the Court for an Abatement Order.
(viii) Nuisances abated and/or other work carried out by
Owners on receipt of Informal Notice 1,274
Housing.
As will be appreciated from the figures contained in the statistical
summary a considerable amount of the time of the Inspectorate was
devoted to dealing with matters affecting housing and housing conditions,
and it is perhaps true to say that no section of any department of
the Council has greater knowledge of the condition of occupied dwellings