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(D) HOUSING.
1. Total number of houses in the borough,
cluding flats, tenements, &c., separately
assessed 24,000 (approx.)
Public Health Act
2. Number of houses inspected on account of
complaints or illness 4,391
3. Number of statutory notices served 1,689
4. Number of houses repaired or nuisances
remedied 2,536
Housing Act, 1936
5. Number of houses inspected—house to house
(Housing Consolidated Regs. 1925) Nil
6. (a) Number of houses included by
tions by the Borough Medical Officer under
Sec. 25 of H.A., 1936 Nil
(b) Number of houses demolished following
representation by Borough Medical Officer
under Sec. 25 of H.A., 1936 Nil
7. Number of houses repaired under Sections 9
and 10 of H.A., 1936
(a) by owners 18
(b) by L.A. in default of owners 1
8. Number of houses demolished:—
(a) in pursuance of orders under Sec. 11 of
the Housing Act, 1936 Nil
(b) voluntarily 11
9. Number of houses (wholly or in part) the
subject of Closing Orders (excluding underground
rooms) 2
10. Number of Closing Orders determined (i.e.,
houses made fit) Nil
11. Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1936)
Number of families found to be living in
overcrowded conditions 358
Number of overcrowded families who have
obtained alternative accommodation 132
12. Number of houses erected by the Borough
Council for working classes during the year 380 (Flats)
13. Underground Rooms
Number occupied but unfit Unknown
Number closed or modified occupation
approved 6
14. Houses let in Lodgings
Number in Borough 9,600 (approx.)
*Number of inspections Nil
Number of prosecutions Nil
† Number of complaints remedied under the
By-laws (not included under any other
heading) Nil
* Included under item No. 2.
† Included under item No. 4.