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Section 12—Closing Orders.
Closing orders were made in respect of the basement rooms at
the following eight premises during the year:—
58, Barnabas Road—Basement front and back rooms.
9, Downs Road—Basement front and back rooms.
57, Kenninghall Road—Basement front, left and right
rooms, and basement back room.
13, Lenthall Road—Basement front and back rooms.
46, Middleton Road—Basement front and back rooms.
49, Ravensdale Road—Basement front and back rooms.
69, Victoria Park Road—Basement front, left and right
rooms, and basement back room.
239, Victoria Park Road—Basement front room.
Summary of Action taken under Part II of The Housing Act, 1936.
Section 4.
Failure to include prescribed information in rent
book, warning notices served 16
Sections 9 and 10.
Premises inspected 165
Premises found to be not in all respects fit for
human habitation 162
Informal notices served 162
Formal notices served 97
Premises made fit 256
(а) After service of informal notices— 123
(b) After service of formal notices
(i) by owners— 96
(ii) by Council in default of owners— 37
Summons for obstructing Council's builders 1
Section 11.
Demolition orders made 9
Houses demolished 4
(а) after service of demolition order— 3
(b) voluntarily by owner— 1
Undertakings:—
(а) Undertaking to make premises fit accepted
by Council in lieu of making a demolition
order 1
(b) Premises made fit in pursuance of
taking 1
Section 12.
Basements closed 8