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54
HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT
HOUSES ELSEWHERE.
Houses Demolished
Clearance Areas, Housing Act, 1957 Nil
Not in Clearance Areas 1
Unfit Houses Closed
Under Sections 16, 17 and 35, Housing Act 1957 Nil
Persons displaced Nil
Families displaced Nil
Parts of Buildings closed (Section 18) 3
Persons displaced 5
Families displaced 3
Unfit Houses made fit and Houses in which Defects were Remedied.
By By Local
Owner Authority
After informal action by local authority 482 Nil
After formal notice: Public Health Acts 133 Nil
Housing Acts, 1957 1 1
Under Section 24, Housing Act Nil Nil
No action was taken under Sections 17, 34, 46, 48 and
53 of the Housing Act regarding Unfit Houses in Temporary Use.
No houses in Clearance Areas werepurchased by agreement.
OVERCROWDING
Dwellings
Families
Adults
Children
On register 31.12.62
268
268
710
500
New cases 1963
77
77
232
171
345
345
942
671
Rehoused 1963
10
10
25
15
On register 31.12.63
335
335
917
656