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Brentford and Chiswick 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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In addition to the action reported above—
(i) 25 insanitary houses have been demolished in
anticipation of formal procedure under Section 19.
(ii) 2 insanitary houses have been closed (but not
demolished on an undertaking (which has not been
cancelled) of the owner under Section 19.
(iii) 2,276 houses have been made fit as the result of
informal notice preliminary to formal notice under
Section 17.
The following statistics are of interest:—
| Number of new houses erected during the year 1935, etc.— | |
| (1) Total number of new houses erected within the Borough | 33 |
| (2) Number of new houses erected by the local authority with State assistance under the Housing Acts— | |
| (a) Within the Borough (included in (1) above | — |
| (b) Outside the Borough area | — |
| (3) Number of houses and flats now owned by the Council and let to members of the working classes | 1516 |
N.B.—The Council have a Differential Rent Scheme in
operation whereby necessitous cases are enabled to enjoy a
lower rental than the normal during periods of unemployment
or other distress.
By reason of the fact that the systematic inspection of
houses of the artisan type has for the years past been a special
feature of the work of the department, the general fitness from
a sanitary point of view of this type of house within the Borough
is of a very fair standard.
Appended is a tabular statement of this work carried out
under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1925.
From this it will be seen that 658 houses were inspected under
the above-mentioned Regulations during the year.
The Housing Statistics set out below are in accordance with
the requirements of the Ministry of Health Circular No. 1492.