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* These houses were demolished before demolition
Orders became operative.
It will be seen that the number of recorded house-tohouse
inspections under the Housing Acts has been few.
Nevertheless, by means of action under the Public Health
Acts a very considerable amount of work in the direction of
sanitary repairs and improvements has been carried out
in connection with working class property in the Borough.
These details are shown in the tables on pages 23, 24, 25.
The six houses referred to in the preceding Housing
Statistics as being closed were situated in Pratts Passage
and formed a row of six cottages. As the Officer appointed
under the Housing Acts, I inspected these cottages and
reported to the Public Health Committee that they were
in my opinion in such a state as to be dangerous and unfit
for human habitation. The Medical Officer of Health concurred
in this opinion, and formal representations were made
accordingly. Four of the cottages were demolished by the
end of the year, but the two referred to above were not
vacated until after 31st December, 1929.
During the past year several other dilapidated old
houses have been demolished voluntarily by the owners.
The premises referred to are as follows:—
Nos. 25 and 27, Cowleaze Road (one of which was
subject to an old Closing Order).
Nos. 9 to 23 (odd), Fairfield North.
Row Barge Public House—cottage at rear of.
Cottage in St. Luke's Passage (off Elm Road).
In no instances were new dwelling-houses erected in
place of the old ones.
In the Norbiton Ward there is an estate of over 100
cottages situated in three roads. This estate had been
neglected for some years, but towards the end of 1929 I had
several interviews with the owners and extensive works