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Premises Rooms
No. of closing orders in force on 1st Jan. 1956
(2 made in 1952, 1 in 1953, and 2 in 1954) 5 10
No. of representations under consideration on
1st Jan. 1956 3 7
No. of representations made during 1956 2 2
No. of representations under consideration on
31st Dec. 1956 5 9
No. of undertakings accepted during 1956 - -
No. of closing orders made during 1956 - -
No. of closing orders determined during 1956 - -
In addition to the closing orders detailed in the above table
certain other orders have been made under Section 12 of the Housing
Act, 1936, in respect of whole flats which have been for the purpose
considered as part of the building in which they were incorporated.
Repair of Houses under Sections 9 and 10 Housing Act, 1936
No action has been taken since the war under these Sections.
Individual Unfit Houses
Chiefly because of rehousing difficulties action to secure the
demolition or closure of individual unfit houses has been restricted
to a comparatively small number of very bad houses, including certain
unoccupied premises.
Since the war Demolition or Closing Orders have been made in respect
of 101 premises. In 1956, 5 premises were represented and
Demolition Orders made in respect of 2 of them, the other 3 were still
under consideration at the end of the year. In addition, Closing
Orders under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953
were made in respect of 6 premises represented in 1955. During the
year 2 premises were actually demolished involving the displacement of
5 persons.