View report page

48
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices
were served requiring defects to be remedied 1,274
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners 1 209
(5) By local authority in default of owners —
(c) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition
Orders were made —
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of
Demolition Orders —
(d) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms
in respect of which Closing Orders were made 57*
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in
respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the
tenement or room having been rendered fit 5
* Specifications approved in iespect of 17 other premises.
4.—Housing Act, 1936, Part IV.—Overcrowding.
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the
year 3,367
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 3,367
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 21,490
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during
the year 468*
*Approximately one-half were due to the increased
ages of children, but 238 were discovered in the
course of the overcrowding survey (measurement of
houses not previously measured) in the early months
of 1938.