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No difficulties were experienced during the year in taking
action under the Public Health Acts when dealing with
housing conditions.
In several instances it was found more practicable to deal
satisfactorily with properties by means of negotiations with
the owners rather than by taking formal action under the
Housing Acts.
In the Report for 1936, mention was made of the re-conditioning
which was being carried out in a block of buildings
comprising forty-eight self-contained flats. By the end of 1937
twenty-four of these flats had been dealt with. Considerable
alterations have been made to the sanitary conveniences, additional
windows have been provided, and the lighting of the
rooms very much improved.
The owner has undertaken to complete the work for the
whole of the flats within the time given by the Council.
In 1937 a block of five dwelling-houses, which were unfit
for human habitation, had become empty, the owner having
previously given an undertaking to the Council not to re-let
them when vacancies occurred. The last remaining tenant was
re-housed under arrangements made by the Council. By the
end of the year an undertaking was given that these dwellinghouses
would be demolished and the site cleared, thus obviating
the necessity of the Council making a Clearance Order.
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