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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 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 progress made on Clearance Areas comprised —
1-6 (consecutive), Waldegrave Avenue, Teddington. Five of the tenants have
now been rehoused and it is anticipated that suitable accommodation will
become available for the remaining family in the near future.
1-13, Market Road, Richmond
109 — 123, Colne Road, Twickenham
Houses Demolished.
Dwellings reported as unfit for human habitation not capable of repair at reasonable
expense were :
24, Park Lane, Teddington;
30, Albert Road, Teddington;
54, Fifth Cross Road, Twickenham;
56, Fifth Cross Road, Twickenham;
58, Fifth Cross Road, Twickenham;
60, Fifth Cross Road, Twickenham;
158, Colne Road, Twickenham;
16, May Road, Twickenham;
20, Priory Road, Hampton;
26, Queens Road, Twickenham (Basement);
28, Sheen Lane, East Sheen, S.W.14;
20, Strafford Road, Twickenham (Ground Floor);
1, Popes Grove, Twickenham (Basement);
23, St. Leonard's Road, East Sheen, S.W.14;
16, Myrtle Road, Hampton Hill;
38, Thames Street, Hampton (Ground Floor);
153, Amyand Park Road, Twickenham;
23, Grosvenor Road, Twickenham (Basement);
4, Park Road, Hampton Wick;
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