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3. Action under Statutory Powers during the year.
(a) Proceedings under Sections 9, 10 and 1(5 of the
Housing Act, 1936.
Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices
were served requiring repairs —
Number of dwelling houses which were rendered fit
after service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners —
(b) By local authority in default of owners—
(b) Proceedings under Public Heai/th Acts.
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which formal
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 94
Number of dwelling houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners 89
(b) By local authority in default of owners 5
4. Housing Act, 1936. Part IV—(Overcrowding).
(a) (1) Number of dwelling houses overcrowded at the end
of the year 287
(2) Number of families dwelling therein 480
(3) Equivalent number of adults dwelling therein 2,212½
(b) Number of new cases reported during the year 107
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the
year 94
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases 523
(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
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Slum Clearance and Demolition.
Action of this nature was still in abevance.