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(3) Number of Dwelling- Houses in respect of
which closing Orders became operative in
pursuance of declarations by Owners of intention
to close Nil
B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts—
(1) Number of Dwelling Houses in respect of
which notices were served requiring defects
to be remedied 9,056
(2) Number of Dwelling Houses in which defects
were remedied after service of formal
notices—
(a) By Owners 9,108
(b) By Local Authority in default of Owners— Nil
C. Proceedings under Sections 17 and 18 of the
ing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909—
(1) Number of Representations made with a view
to the making of closing orders
(2) Number of Dwelling Houses in respect of
which closing orders were made
(3) Number of Dwelling Houses in respect of
which closing orders were determined, the V Nil
dwelling houses having been rendered fit
(4) Number of Dwelling Houses in respect of
which demolition orders were made
(5) Number of Dwelling Houses demolished in
pursuance of demolition orders
The new houses which have been erected and those in course
of erection on the Manor Road Estate are built in the form of
blocks of Flats. There are two types of flats, with accommodation
provided as follows :—
(a) Living room, scullery, bathroom, coals, W.C., three
bedrooms, and a store for bicycles, etc., on the ground
level.
(b) Living room, scullery, bathroom, coals, W.C., two bedrooms,
and a store for bicycles, etc., on the ground level.
Special attention is drawn to the blocks of small lock-up storerooms
on ground floor level, one for each flat, to allow for the
storage of bicycles, perambulators, and the like. A dust shoot
has been constructed to convey rubbish from each floor to a
receptacle on the ground floor.
The spaces in front of the flats are being laid out as gardens,
and the rectangular area formed between blocks of flats is being
surfaced with concrete 4in. thick, laid to falls.
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