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(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in
respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the
tenement or room having been rendered fit Nil
4. Housing Act, 1936. - vercrowding:
(a) (i) Number of dwelling-houses known to be overcrowded at
end of year 51
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 66
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 301
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during
the year 17
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the
year 32
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 166
(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 Nil
Statement of (a) Rebuilt (war damage) and
(b) New Dwellings erected by the Borough Council
and Private Enterprise during 1955