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(B) Proceedings under Public Health Acts : —
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 586
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects
were remedied after service of formal
notices : —
(a) By owners 562
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners Nil
(C) Proceedings under Sections 19 and 21 of the
Housing Act, 1930 : —
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
Demolition Orders were made Nil
(2) Number of dwelling - houses demolished in
pursuance of Demolition Orders Nil
(D) Proceedings under Section 20 of the Housing Act,
1930 : —
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders
were made 23
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders
were determined, the tenement or room
having been rendered fit 3
Housing Act, 1935.—Overcrowding : —
(a).— (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year 844
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 844
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 6066
(b).—Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the
year 261
(c).—(i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year 437
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 2780
Unfit Houses dealt with as Clearance Areas.
The work of dealing with unfit houses proceeded satisfactorily
during the year, and, since the commencement of the campaign,
17 Clearance Orders, affecting 144 houses, have been made by the
Council, and subsequently confirmed by the Minister of Health,
in most cases after the holding of a Public Enquiry. Sixty-eight