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By reason of the fact that the systematic inspection of
houses of the artisan type has for 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 754 houses were inspected under
the above-mentioned Regulations during the year.
Housing Act, 1936.
Dealing with the progress made with the putting into effect
of the scheme prepared by the Council and submitted to the
Ministry of Health in connection with "slum clearance" etc. as
required by the provisions of the Housing Act, 1930 (now
incorporated in the above-mentioned Act), the following
summary sets out the actual position at the end of 1937 :
(a) Number of Clearance Orders (including
sory Purchase Orders) made by the Borough
Council and confirmed by the Minister of Health 33
(b) Number of houses actually demolished in
ance Areas 249
(c) Number of houses where Clearance Orders have
been confirmed but not yet demolished 12
(d) Number of individual houses demolished under
Demolition Order 5
(e) Number of houses where Demolition Orders have
been made, but houses not yet demolished 5
(f) Number of houses demolished by owners in
cipation of action by the Local Authority 31
(g) Number of houses scheduled for demolition but
where official action is still to be taken 41
Examination of the foregoing statistics shows that the total
number of houses actually demolished within the Borough,
either as a result of official order or otherwise, is 285, while the
number of houses where official action is completed and awaiting
demolition is 17, making a total of 302 with 41 houses scheduled
but still awaiting action to be taken as and when the Local
Authority is in a position to re-house the tenants who would be
displaced.