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HOUSING
HOUSING ACT 1957
Action as set out hereunder was taken under the relevant provisions of the
Housing Act, 1957 -
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).
Premises to the number of 203 were inspected and recorded in accordance with
the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 and 1932.
SECTION 4 (Definition of Standard of Fitness). This section enacts that
in determining for any of the purposes of this Act whether a house is unfit for
human habitation, regard shall be had to its condition in respect of the
following matters, that is to say -
(a) repair:
(b) stability;
(c) freedom from damp;
(d) natural lighting;
(e) ventilation;
(f) water supply;
(g) drainage and sanitary conveniences;
(h) facilities for storage, preparation and cooking
of food and for the disposal of waste water;
and the house shall be deemed to be unfit for human habitation if and only if
it is so far defective in one or more of the said matters that it is not
reasonably suitable for occupation in that condition.
SECTION 8 (Information to be given to tenants). In eleven 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for human habitation, This Section was repealed by the Landlord and Tenant
Act, 1962, with effect from the 1st November, 1962.
SECTION 17 (Duty of local authority to make demolition or closing orders
or to purchase house where no undertaking is accepted). In pursuance of
this section the following Closing Orders were made:-
30a, Aspland Grove
6a Furrow Lane
The undermentioned premises, which were the subject of Closing Orders,
were demolished and the Closing Orders cancelled -
34, London Lane
224, Wick Road
The house, 51a, Digby Road, the subject of a Demolition Order made in
1949 was demolished,
SECTION 18 (Power to make a closing order as to part of a building).
Closing Orders to the number of 99 were made involving parts of premises at
57 addresses as follows -