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Petroleum and Carbide
During the year licences were in force in respect of 61 installations for petroleum, and
3 for carbide of calcium.
Celluloid and Cinematograph Films Act, 1922
There are 2 licences in force for the purpose of stripping and making celluloid solution
from cinematograph films. Inspections have revealed no infringements.
Housing
Overcrowding begins to lose its serious features and rehousing by the Council and by
the private efforts of individuals now appears to be balancing any increase.
The Housing Repairs and Rents Act, which came into force on the 31st August, 1954,
called for a review of the total housing needs of the community with particular reference to
the clearance of slums and the improvement of sub-standard housing. A report was to be
prepared for approval of the Council and submission to the Ministry of Housing and Local
Government, and the work for this began during the latter part of 1954.
Also under this Act, during the course of the year, 29 applications were received for
certificates of disrepair, 27 of these were granted, 1 refused and 1 withdrawn. Thirteen
applications for certificates of revocation were made, ten were granted, two were deferred
but subsequently granted, and one was rejected.
No Demolition Orders were made during the year.
Middlesex County Council Act, 1944—Section 345
On several occasions during the year the establishment of caravans in contravention of
the above Act was encountered. Removal of these was obtained without the necessity for
formal action except in one case where three caravans occupied a site on the canal side. The
occupier appealed to the Minister of Housing and Local Government, who granted him
permission for one caravan to remain for a limited period of five years.
The following details have been supplied by the Borough Engineer, outlining the complete
amount of house building for Southall since the end of the war.