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for action under Section 16. He appeared before the Public Health
Committee after being served with a Time and Place Notice and
there agreed to the house being demolished. The agents for the mortgagors
preferred to repair the house and at the end of the year submitted
a specification of the repairs to the Council for consideration.
61 and 63 Wynndale Road. A Demolition Order was made on No.
63 and an undertaking accepted in connection with No. 61, the work
at the latter to be executed after the demolition of No. 63.
Demolition Orders were also made against the following:—
14, Horn Lane, Woodford Green.
19, George Lane, E.18.
62 and 62a, Prospect Road, Woodford Green.
2, Albert Road, E.18.
4 Albert Road, E.18.
6, Albert Road, E.18.
The two Clearance Areas represented to the Council by the
Medical Officer of Health are 305—343 (odd Numbers only) Snakes
Lane, Woodford Green and 1—6, (consecutive) East Row, New
Wanstead; the former being contained in three terraces and the latter
in one.
Referring to basement dwellings the following were dealt with
under the Housing Act, Closing Orders being made against them in
accordance with the provisions of the Act:
3, 5 and 7, Grove Hill, E.18.
41a, 42a and 43a, Grove Road, E.18.
3a, 11a, 18, 29, 31, 36, 39 and 45 Hermon Hill, E.ll.
2a, Clarendon Road, E.18.
3a and 15a, Grosvenor Road, E.ll.
19, 21, 29 and 35, Marlborough Road, E.18.
26, Chigwell Road, E.18.
Insofar as No. 29 Hermon Hill was concerned the owner undertook
to render and did render the basement again fit for habitation.
150, Snakes Lane was the subject of a Time and Place Notice over
which much discussion took place with the result that the agents undertook
to put the house in a condition fit for continued occupation.
Rent Act, 1957.
As can be seen from the following table, the Public Health Department
received a considerable number of applications for certificates
of disrepair during the year under review. Whilst it is not possible to
indicate the effect of the Act on the maintenance of property it is
surprising to note that of the 26 certificates of disrepair issued only
seven applications for cancellation were made following tenants
objections. The table below shows the overall situation at the end of
the year, with last year's (1957) figures in brackets alongside.
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