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Action under statutory powers during the year
(a) Premises repaired after service of formal notice
under the Public Health (London) Act:-
(i) By owners 321
(ii) By local authority in default 6
(b) Action under Sections 9, 10 and 12 of the
Housing Act, 1957:-
(i) Dwelling houses in respect of which
notices under Section 9 were served
requiring repairs 105
(ii) Dwelling houses which were rendered fit
by owners Tinder Section 9 Nil
(iii) Dwelling houses rendered fit by the
Council in default of owners Nil
(c) Action under Sections 16, 17 and 23 of the
Housing Act, 1957: —
(i) Dwelling houses in respect of which
demolition orders were made Nil
(ii) Dwelling houses demolished in pursuance
of demolition orders Nil
(iii) Dwelling houses in respect of which
closing orders, in lieu of demolition
orders, were made 1
(iv) Dwelling houses in respect of which
undertakings were accepted from owner
to render premises fit for habitation Nil
(v) Dwelling houses rendered fit for
habitation by owners and closing
order determined 2
(b) Action under Section 18 of the Housing Act 1957:-
(i) Separate tenements or underground rooms in
respect of which closing orders were
made 20 (54 rooms)
(ii) Separate tenements or underground rooms
in respect of which closing orders were
determined, the tenements or rooms
having been rendered fit 71 (131 rooms )
(iii) Separate tenements or underground rooms
in respect of which closing orders
operate, but where the Council consented
during the year to the use of the rooms
for purposes other than sleeping 11 (18 rooms)
(iv) Separate tenements or underground rooms
in respect of which the Council
accepted undertakings from owners to
render fit within specified time 4 (ll rooms)
(v) Undertakings cancelled 5 (ll rooms)
(e) Housing Act, 1957, Part IV - Overcrowding:-
(i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at end No reliable
of year estimate.
(ii) Number of new cases of overcrowding
reported during the year 174 (646½ units)
(iii) Number of cases of overcrowding
relieved during the year 150 (575 units)
(iv) 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: Units mean the number of equivalent persons in the families
obtained by regarding children between 1 and 10 years of age
as "half persons" and disregarding infants under the age of
12 months.