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Brentford and Chiswick 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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(d) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936:
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in
respect of which Closing Orders were made Nil
(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 - Overcrowding
(a) (a,) Number of dwellinghouses known to be overcrowded at
end of year 39
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 50
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 244
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during
the year 3
(c)(i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the
year 9
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 51
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwellinghouses have
again become overcrowded after the Local Authority
have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding Nil
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Statement of (a) Rebuilt (war damage) and (b) New Dwellings erected by the Borough Council and Private Enterprise during 1957

Permanent Housing

HousesF1atsMaisonettesBungalowsTotal
By Borough Council
(a) Rebuilds-----
(b) New-8176-157
TOTAL157
By Private Enterprise
(a) Rebuilds-----
(b) New-46--46
TOTAL46