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1937
104
HOUSING.
1. Total number of houses in the Borough about 46,296
Public Health Act:
2. Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness 6,159
3. „ Statutory Notices served
4. „ houses—(a) Repaired
(b) Nuisances remedied
583
5,215
13,706
Housing Act, 1936 :
5. Number of houses inspected- House to house (Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925) 1,489
6. (a) Number of houses included in representations by the Borough
Medical Officer under section 25 of Housing Act, 1936 14
(b) Number of houses demolished following representation by
Borough Medical Officer under section 25 of Housing Act, 1936 122
7. Number of houses repaired under sections 9 and 10 of Housing Act,
1936—
(a) By owners 95
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners Nil
8. Number of houses demolished—
(a) In pursuance of orders under section 11 of the Housing Act,
1936 9
(b) Voluntarily 130
9. Number of houses (wholly or in part) the subject of Closing Orders
(excluding underground rooms) 19
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 6,652
Number of overcrowded families who have obtained alternative
accommodation 193
12. Number of houses erected by the Borough Council for working
classes during year (flats) 159
13. Underground Rooms:
Number occupied but unfit Inspection not completed.
Number closed or modified occupation approved 260
14. Houses Let in Lodgings:
Number in Borough 983
Number of inspections 6,009
Number of prosecutions 3
Number of complaints remedied under the By-laws (not
included under any other heading) 491