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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.
Appended is a tabular statement of the work carried out
under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1925.
From this it will be seen that 509 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 1938:—
(a) Number of Clearance Orders (including Compulsory
Purchase Orders) made by the Borough Council and
confirmed or awaiting confirmation by the Minister
of Health 35
(b) Number of houses actually demolished in Clearance
Areas 261
(c) Number of houses where Clearance Orders have been
confirmed but houses not yet demolished 5
(d) Number of individual houses demolished under
Demolition Orders 8
(e) Number of houses where Demolition Orders have
been made, but houses not yet demolished. —
(f) Number of houses demolished by owners in anticipation
of action by the Local Authority 31
*(g) Number of houses scheduled for demolition, but
where official action is still to be taken 34
* This number is likely to be augmented considerably as
and when the Council are in a position to re-house the displaced
tenants.
The following Table is a copy of the Quarterly Return
(Form H.256) to the Ministry of Health and sets out the work
under the Housing Act, 1930, and the corresponding provisions
in the Housing Act, 1936, from its commencement to the end
of 1938. The figures referred to in the above summary,
however, are not clearly reflected therein, as only such figures
are included as relate to completed transactions under the Act.