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Withdrawal of Closing Orders.
Closing orders or undertakings preventing the use of Underground
Rooms for human habitation were made in respect of No. 33,
Onslow Road on the 15th December, 1939 and No. 42, Montague
Road on the 11th October, 1938.
The principal defects which rendered the rooms unfit for habitation
were dampness and contraventions of the "Regulations as to
Underground Rooms," i.e., absence of site concrete, lack of dampproof
courses, lack of open areas and insufficient areas of windows.
The owners carried out work to make the basement fit for habitation
and to comply with the "Regulations as to Underground Rooms '
and the Closing Orders were withdrawn on the following dates : —
No. 33, Onslow Road. (8/3/49).
No. 42, Montague Road. (21/6/49).