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The following properties were represented for action under the
clearance provisions of the Housing Act:
15, 17, 19 Crown Street.
1 Albert Cottages.
8 & 9 Albert Place.
1, 3, 5, 7, 9 Waldron Road.
Of these the Waldron Road properties were purchased by agreement
during the year

During the year the following properties were made the subject of
demolition or closing orders:
Demolition Orders: Closing Orders: Sec. 12
101-103 Headstone Drive. 59/61 High Street, Edgware.
Engadine, Devonshire Road.
13, 14 Chapel Lane.
17 West Street.
6 and 7 Marsh Cottages.
The following properties were demolished during the year:—
101-103 Headstone Drive; 99-101 Greenford Road; 33, 35, 37 Love Lane.
Repair of Houses
When a house is found to be unfit for human habitation and the owner
on being approached will not do the work, the Public Health Committee
may serve a notice under Section 9 of the Housing Act calling for the
carrying out of the necessary work if it can be done at a reasonable cost.
If the house is not worth saving, then the procedure under Section 11 is
followed. Under this the owner attends at a meeting of the Public Health
Committee to submit any proposals he might have for saving the house.
In default of his submitting these or submitting only unsatisfactory
proposals, a Demolition Order is made.
The Housing Act, 1949, contained provisions by which grants could
be made to owners to modernise their houses by improvement or conversion.
Very little advantage was taken of these powers. They were
modified by the Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954. Rather more
applications were received for help under this Act, though in 1956 the
number of applications was only 21 against the 34 of the year before.
Most of these applications were received from owner-occupiers who
wished to improve the houses in which they lived. Only 2 related to
houses where the landlords wished to improve conditions for the benefit
of the tenants.