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houses in the Northolt Road scheme were represented and it is only now
that some of these families are being rehoused. Particularly in these days
of rising standards in so much for most people, it is tragic that these
families who can look only to the Council for help should have to continue
for so long in these unsatisfactory conditions. Many of these houses have
been acquired by the Council well before they could be demolished so that
for a long time the Council are the owners of slum dwellings.
New Demolition or Closing Orders. During the year, Demolition
or Closing Orders were made in respect of the following thirteen properties:—
4 Grove Hill Road, 41 Nelson Road, 6 Canons Cottages, Whitchurch
Lane, 16 Crown Street, 67 West Street, 23 Bridge Street,
300 Everton Court (flat), Chestnuts, Cornwall Road (flat), 21, 23 Headstone
Drive, 1 and 2 Belgrano Cottages, 27 Mead Road.
Demolition. The following nineteen properties were demolished
during the year:— 33, 35, 37 Crown Street (officially represented 1954),
Gothic Cottage, Waldron Road, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, Waldron Road, 115-131
(odd nos.) Northolt Road, 82 High Street, Stanmore.
Reconditioning of Houses. The following seven houses were
reconditioned:— 1 and 2 Camden Row, 1 and 2 Sunny Cottages, 56
Francis Road, 22 Little Common, 9 Trafalgar Terrace. Proposals for
reconditioning were received in respect of four other houses.
Some provisions of the Public Health Act, 1961, deal with improvements
to houses. S.31 deals with food storage accommodation in new
houses, S.32 with it in existing houses. S.33 deals with the provision of
bath-rooms in new houses or in conversions.
Underground Rooms. The Council adopted new model regulations
relating to the closing of any unhealthy underground rooms. These were
confirmed by the Ministry and came into force on the 1st November.
Legislation
Provisions of the 1961 Housing Act altered the procedure for dealing
with condemned houses.
Section 24 enables a local authority to exclude from a clearance area
a house which has been or will be made fit for human habitation and am
other houses which were only included in the area because of the inclusion
of a house which is so excluded.
Section 25 enables a local authority to receive proposals from persons
who are not owners, but who may be in a position to make a house subject
to a Demolition Order fit for habitation.