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CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR'S REPORT
Housing—Demolition and Closure
The clearance of unfit houses continued and with the
declaring as clearance areas of Railway Terrace, The Clumps
and Sydney Road/Bedfont Lane, all the houses in the programme
were being dealt with, although by the end of the
year, many were still occupied. Consideration was given to
the future programme, when it was decided that a further
fifty houses, in addition, should be dealt with in the two
years ending in December, 1964. Progress during the year
is summarised as follows:
Houses reported to Public Health Committee
as being unfit 69
Demolition Orders made 6
Closing Orders made 1
No. of houses in Clearance Areas declared 62
No. of houses in Clearance Orders or Compulsory
Purchase Orders 67
Houses demolished as a result of formal or
informal procedure under Section 17(1) 31
Houses in clearance areas demolished 6
Houses closed under Sections 16(4), 17(1) and
35(1) 1
Houses closed under Sections 17(3) and 26 —
Parts of buildings closed under Section 18 —
Houses in respect of which agreements entered
into with owners to repair or demolish 1
Total number of persons displaced 112

Housing Repairs
House-to-house inspections of the older houses were
continued as far as possible and action taken to remedy
defects found. This work is not very satisfying on present
standards; a fit house still falls far short of satisfactory
accommodation. An increasing number of the older houses