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(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 1,728
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects
were remedied after service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners 1,728
(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.
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance
of Demolition Orders nil.
(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—Overcrowding:—
The 1st October 1938 has been fixed as the appointed day
for the purpose of Section 62 of the Act and 1st April, 1939
for the purposes of Sections 6 (2), 59, 60, 64. In a report
presented to the Council by the Housing Committee in December,
1938, the number of overcrowded dwelling-houses in
Finsbury was stated on the result of the completed survey of
the Borough to be 1,470—
Information obtained within a reasonable degree of accuracy
at the end of 1935, through the special survey undertaken under the
Housing Act of that year, revealed that the number of dwellings
then overcrowded was 2,442.