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Number of houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices under
Public Health Acts
(a) By owners —
(b) By local authority in default of owners —
Number of houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices
under Housing Act, 1936
(a) By owners 5
(b) By local authority in default of owners 3
Towards the end of the year the Public Health Committee
authorised the making of a survey of the pre-1918
houses in the area. This survey was intended to reveal
the conditions existing in those houses, the extent to
which they are substandard and to help in determining
those with regard to which action under the Housing
Acts should first be taken.
Despite the large building programme which the
Housing Committee carried through, the need for more
houses was still apparent, but the gross conditions of
overcrowding which were often found a few years ago,
were rarely met with. The sanitary inspectors continued
to visit all housing applicants before they were interviewed
by the Housing Committee.
Moveable Dwellings
Public health control of moveable dwellings in the
area is effected by means of Section 345 of the Middlesex
County Council Act as amended by the 1950 Act and by
byelaws.
The consent of the Council is required to the stationing
and use of any moveable dwelling used or intended
to be used as the sole or principal means of habitation
for more than three months in any year. During the
year three applications for consent were received, limited
consents being given in each case. Three other moveable
dwellings were removed following informal action.
Very little trouble was experienced with the wandering
gypsy. In previous years the department has pursued
a policy of persuading owners to make iheir land