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(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were
rendered fit after service of formal
notices:—
(a) By owners Nil
(b) By Local Authority in default of
owners Nil
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which Closing Orders became operative
in pursuance of declarations by owners
of intention to close Nil
B.—Proceedings under Public Health Acts—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which notices were served requiring defects
to be remedied 25
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which
defects were remedied after service of
formal notices:—
(a) By owners 22
(b) By Local Authority in default of
owners Nil
C.—Proceedings under Sections 11, 14 and 15
of the Housing Act, 1925—
(1) Number of representations made with a
view to the making of Closing Orders Nil
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which Closing Orders were made Nil
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which Closing Orders were determined,
the dwelling-houses having been rendered
fit Nil
(4) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which Demolition Orders were made Nil
(5) Number of dwelling-houses demolished
in pursuance of Demolition Orders Nil
It is to be regretted that the time available will not
permit of house-to-house inspection, under the Housing Acts,
of working-class property—although this branch of the work
is needed very badly in the Borough.
It is incontrovertible that labour devoted to this form of
inspection, and the consequent prevention of slums, is far
more economical in the long run than expenditure incurred
in clearing insanitary areas and the building of new estates
for the slum-dwellers. It is not difficult to cite roads in