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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH
E. S. HERBERT, M.A.P.H.I.
Chief Public Health Inspector.
1. HOUSING
(1) Unfit Houses.
The unfit housing programme for the period 1966-70 has continued to receive
attention in the past year, and in addition, other individual unfit properties have been
represented for action as the result of routine inspection on complaint.
The new Housing Act, 1969, Part V, now establishes a more equitable principle
in the making of well-maintained payments; a house, to qualify, has no longer to be
treated as a whole, and a payment may be made for a well-maintained interior even
though the exterior of the property has been neglected, and of course, the reverse
applies.
The 1969 Act amends Section 4 of the Housing Act, 1957, which deals with the
matters to be taken into account when judging the fitness of a house. Food storage
facilities can no longer affect fitness for human habitation, but on the other hand, the
internal arrangement of a house now forms part of the fitness standard. The new Act
also increases from £5 to £50 the maximum penalty for failure to supply information
as to ownership of houses.
The progress made on Clearance Areas comprised—
1 - 27 (odds inclusive), Station Road, Hampton—Demolished.
1 - 6 (consecutive), Waldegrave Avenue, Teddington—Represented.
Dwellings reported as unfit for human habitation not capable of repair at reasonable
expense were:
6 — 16, Adelaide Road, Richmond (6 houses);
1, Katherine Road, Twickenham;
16, Marsh Farm Road, Twickenham;
1 - 6, Waldegrave Avenue, Teddington (Clearance Area);
1 & 3, Adelaide Road, Richmond;
10, Ashley Road, Hampton;
17, Audley Road, Richmond;
111, Church Road, Richmond (Room 2b) (Basement);
152, Colne Road, Twickenham;
52, Park Lane, Teddington;
19, 21, 27 & 29, St. Mary's Grove, Richmond;
1 and 2, Yarrell Cottages, Ham Street, Ham;
90, 92, 94/94a, Hounslow Road, Whitton;
55, North Lane, Teddington;
69, Park Road, Teddington;
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