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Housing.
1. Total No. of houses in the 11. No. of Closing Orders deter -
Borough 23,743 mined (i.e., houses made fit)
2. No. of houses occupied by the
working classes 23,285 12. No. of houses in accepted
schemes for redevelopment
Public Health Act— or reconditioning by owners
3. No. of houses inspected on under Part V of the H.A.,
account of complaints or 1935
illness 5,887
Intimations 4,829 13. No. of certificates of fitness
issued under Sec.55 of H. A.
4. No. of statutory notices served 1,859 1935
5. No. of houses repaired or 14. No. of houses erected by the
nuisances remedied 4,941 Borough Council for
ing classes during year 98
Housing Acts (1925-35)—
6. No. of houses inspected— 15. Houses Let in Lodgings—
house to house (Housing No. in Borough 267
Consolidated Regs., 1925) No. of inspections 1,033
No. of prosecutions (in-
7. (a) No. of houses included in eluding 1 application for
representations by the Warrant for entry) 3
Borough Medical Officer unNo. of complaints remedied
der Sec. 1 of H.A., 1930 25 under the By-laws (not
(b) No. of houses demolished included under any other
following representation by heading) 24
Borough Medical Officer under
Sec. 1 of H.A., 1930 85 16. Underground Rooms (see *)—
Ditto in ' 'areas'' represented No. occupied but unfit under
by L.C.C. 42 Sec. 18of H.A., 1925, as
modified by Sec. 84 of
8.No. of houses repaired under H.A., 1935 7
Sections 17 and 18 of H.A., No. closed or modified
1930:— cupation approved under
(а) By owners Sec. 84 of H.A., 1935 7
(b) By L.A. in default of
owners .. .. .. 2 17. Overcrowding (Housing Act,
1935)—
9. No. of houses demolished:— No. of premises visited 25,168
(а) In pursuance of orders No.of houses inspected ununder
Sec. 19 of the H.A., der Sec. 1 of H.A., 1935
1930 1 (occupied working class
(b) Voluntarily 9 dwellings) 23,285
No. of families found to be
10. No. of houses (wholly or in living in overcrowded conpart)
the subject of Closing ditions, Sec. 1 of H.A.,
Orders (excluding under- 1935 4,080
ground rooms)
* There are many more underground rooms in the Borough, but they are not
dealt with specifically unless alternative accommodation is offered, when
appropriate action is taken.