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Numbers 1, 3 and 5 are closed and the doors and window openings
have since been bricked up. The owner is now considering whether
or no to repair Nos. 7 and 9.
Nos. 1 and 2, Vine Cottages, The Hollows. The Inspector
reported that these houses were in a dilapidated and insanitary
condition and unfit for human habitation, but before making closing
orders the Committee instructed the Inspector to communicate with
the owners. The Inspector met the owner's surveyor on the
property who agreed as to the condition of the houses, and on the
application of the owner the Council consented to allow the subject
to stand over for a while as it was their intention to demolish the
houses for an improvement scheme. Owing to the war the scheme
was not proceeded with and the owners have now given the tenants
notice to quit.
Nos. 1 and 2, Bradshaw's Yard. A record of the inspection
of these houses was submitted to the Committee but before making
closing orders the Inspector was instructed to communicate with the
owner, who, after viewing the property, decided to close the houses.
The tenants have received notice to quit.
Nos. 9 and 10, Orchard Road. These houses were reported by
the Inspector to be in a bad condition and upon the attention of the
owner's agent being called thereto the occupiers were given notice
to quit. The owner has since submitted plans showing the proposed
alterations to the property, these have been approved, and the
work will be put in hand shortly.
Nos. 22, 24, 26, 28, and 30, The Ham. The owners have
voluntarily closed these houses and the window and door openings
have been bricked up. The houses are situated on the bank of the
Grand Junction Canal, and owing to their situation they are constantly
liable to flooding.
The following particulars which have been supplied to me by
Mr. H. Coleman, the Officer appointed under the Housing, Town
Planning, &c. Act., show that during the past eight years 279
dwelling houses have been reported as being unfit for human
habitation, and dealt with under the Housing of the Working Classes
Act, and the Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act.