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2. Remedy of defects during the year without the
service of formal notices:-
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered
fit in consequence of informal action by the
local authority or their officers Nil.
(3.Action under statutory powers during the year:-
(a) Proceedings under sections 9, 10 and 16 of
the Housing Act, 1936:-
(i) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which notices were served requiring repairs. 33
(ii) Number of dwelling-houses which were
rendered fit after service of formal notices
in 1939 or the previous year
(a) By owners 83
(b) By local authority in default of owners 9
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts —
(i) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which notices were served requiring defects
to be remedied. 1,466
(ii) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects
were remedied after service of 'formal
noticeu —
(a) By owners 1,466
(b) by local authority in default of owners Nil.
(c) Proceedings under sections 11 and 13 of the
Housing Act, 1936:-
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which demolition orders were made,. Nil.
(ii) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in
pursuance of demolition 0rder Nil.
(d) Proceedings under section 12 of the Housing
Act, 1936: -
(i) Number of separate tenements or under-
ground rooms in respect of which closing 191
orders were made (418 rooms )
(ii) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which closing
orders were determined, the tenements or 47
rooms having been rendered fit. (93 rooms)
4. Housing Act, 1936, Part IV-Gvercrowding:-
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the
end of the year, 1,777
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 1,777
(iii) Number of 'equivalent' persons dwelling
therein 7,770
(b) (i) Number of new cases of overcrowding
reported during the year. 14
(ii) Number of 'equivalent' persons concerned
in such cases 64
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved
during the year 164
(ii) Number of 'equivalent' persons concerned
in such cases. 917
(d) Number of cases in which dwelling-houses have
again become overcrowded after the local
authority have taken steps for the abatement of
overcrowding Nil.
(Note: In obtaining the "number of equivalent persons','»
children between the ages of one and ten years are
counted as 'half-persons'. Infants under one year
are not counted.)
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