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Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1936).
Particulars of overcrowding and abatement of cases of overcrowding in the
Borough during the year are as follows:-
Number of cases reported during the year 40
Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year:
Rehoused by London County Council 9
Rehoused by Poplar Borough Council 23
Number of persons concerned in cases rehoused 150
Closing Orders (Public Health (London) Act, 1936).
No Closing Orders were made under this Act during the year. Two Closing Orders
which had been made previously were revoked, the necessary works having beer
carried out.
Closing Orders (Housing Act, 1936).
Considerable difficulty is encountered in dealing with underground rooms
which do not in all respects comply with the underground room regulations made
the Council.
In the great majority of cases the rooms are defective in one or more respects
such as the absence of site concrete and yet in many cases the rooms provide
pleasant living accommodation which is often preferred by the occupants to rooms
in the same house on the floor above. Almost invariably there is a certain amount
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