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During the year the following action was taken under the Housing Act, 1936 :—
Number of Dwellings
Section represented
9 —
11 (unfit houses) 4
11 (as amended by Local Government
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953) 3
12 (parts of buildings) 3
12 (underground rooms) 32
Total 42
Resulting from these and previous representations and like proceedings during
the year the following action was taken :—
Section
Action
Number of Dwellings
11
Undertakings accepted
3
11
(As amended by Local Government (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act, 1953)—Closing orders
4
12
Closing orders made
23
(46 underground rooms)
12
Undertakings accepted
8
(This figure includes 15
basement rooms)
12
Undertakings accepted (parts of buildings)
1
(This figure includes 3
rooms)
Total 39
Dwellings upon which Closing Orders have been substituted
under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act,
1953, where Demolition Orders made under Section 11 were
in operation
4
11
Undertakings cancelled upon completion of the
necessary work
1
12
Closing orders determined upon completion of the
necessary work
3
Licences authorising temporary overcrowding.
Four licences were granted under Section 61 of the Housing Act, 1936,
authorising overcrowding ; 1 for a period of five months, 2 for a period of six months
and 1 for a period of one year. In 2 cases these constituted renewals of licences
which had expired.
One application for a licence was not granted.
The total number of dwellings affected was therefore 5.