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(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling houses have again
become overcrowded after the local authority have taken
steps for the abatement of overcrowding
SECTION 90 (Overcrowding in houses let in lodgings). One notice was served
under this section. The owners of two houses were prosecuted for contravening
notices served under this section, one for permitting a room to be used as
sleeping accommodation, and the other for permitting a part of the house to be
overcrowded. Both defendants were fined and ordered to pay the Council's costs.
Part V
(Provision of Housing Accommodation)
New dwellings completed by the Borough Council in 1961 282
New dwellings under construction at the end of the year 406
Number of temporary hutments and bungalows remaining in use at the
end of the year 142
Number of family units in property purchased by the Borough Council 1,872
Number of new dwellings completed by the London County Council 30
Number of units under construction at the end of the year 168
HOUSING APPLICATIONS
Number of applicants on the Borough Council's Housing Department's
register at the end of the year 5,167
New applicants added to the register 942
Number of families on the Borough Council's register rehoused (including
transfer to other accommodation and mutual exchange between
tenants) 985
Number of families rehoused by the London County Council 519
Housing (Underground Rooms) Act, 1959
Underground Rooms Regulations
The Council's Underground Rooms Regulations were reviewed in the light of
the Model Regulations made by the Minister, and the following Regulations which
embody some modifications of the Model Regulations were approved for submission
to the Minister
Hackney Bo rough Council
Underground Rooms Regulations
Prescribed by the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan
Borough of Hackney for securing the proper ventilation and lighting of
rooms to which subsection (2) of section 18 of the Housing Act, 1957,
applies, and the protection thereof against dampness, effluvia or
exhalation.
Every room used, or suitable for use for human habitation, the
surface of the floor of. which is more than three feet below the surface of
the part of the street adjoining or nearest to the room, or more than
three feet below the surface of any ground within nine feet of the room,
shall comply with the following regulations, that is to say. -
Drainage
1 The subsoil of the site of the room shall be effectually
drained wherever the dampness of the site renders this necessary.
2 No subsoil drain shall discharge into a soil drain except
through a suitable trap
3 Every drain passing through the room, and every drain or sewer
passing under the room other than a subsoil drain, shall be gastight and
watertight.