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HOUSING
HOUSING ACT, 1957
In fulfilment of the specific obligations with regard to unfit houses
which this Act places upon local authorities, the following action was taken in
this Borough during the past year:-
Part II
(Provisions for securing the repair, maintenance
and sanitary condition of houses)
SECTION 3 (Duty of local authority to inspect district and keep records).
With a view to action being taken under the appropriate legislation, 2,016
premises were inspected and recorded in accordance with the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 and 1932 made under this section.
SECTION 8 (Information to be given to tenants of working class houses).
In twelve instances notices were sent to persons who failed to enter in their
tenants' rent books the name and address of the medical officer of health and
of the landlord or other persons responsible for keeping the houses in all
respects reasonably fit for human habitation.
SECTION 17 (Duty of local authority to make demolition or closing order
or to purchase house where no undertaking is accepted). In pursuance of the
provisions of this section, the following orders were made-
Closing Orders:- 32 Bergholt Crescent 130 Morning Lane
26 Bower Road 132 Morning Lane
7 Conrad Street 10 Richmond Road
171 Elderfield Road 142 Sandringham Road
173 Elderfield Road 84 Well Street
200 Millfields Road
In the cases of 171 and 173, Elderfield Road, the owner submitted a
specification of work which he was prepared to carry out but the Council, while
approving the specification, refused to accept the landlord's undertaking
because he was not prepared to give a definite period within which the works
would be completed.
Demolition Orders:-
No Demolition Orders were made but the following four houses in respect of
which Demolition Orders had been made in the previous year were demolished by
the owners:-
130 Bethune Road
146/148 Homerton High Street
33 Shacklewell Lane
SECTION 18 (Power to make a closing order as to part of a building)
Closing Orders were made in respect of the following:-
76 Brenthouse Road - Basement front and back rooms
92 Brenthouse Road - Basement front room
12 Cazenove Road - Basement back room
50 Cazenove Road - Basement front (east and west) rooms and
ment back room
5 East Side, London Fields - Basement front and back rooms
242 Evering Road - Basement front (east and west) rooms and back
(east and west) rooms
244 Evering Road - Basement front and back rooms
166 Graham Road - Basement back and back addition rooms