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HOUSING
HOUSING ACT, 1957
1 - Individual unfit houses incapable of repair at reasonable expense
Representations (Section 16) 11
Undertakings to demolish accepted (Section 16) 2
Demolition Orders made (Section 17) 2
Closing Orders made (Section 17) 5
Housint demolished as a result of formal or informal
procedure 7
Houses closed in pursuance of an undertaking given by the
owners and still in force 2
Houses made fit by owner (Section 16)
2 - Parts of buildings unfit for human habitation
(i) Underground rooms closed (Section 18) 104
(ii) Other rooms (Section 18) 37
(iii) Undertakings 16
3 - Clearance areas
Dwelling houses demolished
Unfit houses 66
Other houses 7
HOUSING STATISTICS
Number of Dwellings in Borough 25,076
1. Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the year
(1) (a) Dwellings inspected for housing defects (under
Public Health or Housing Acts) 8,431
(b) Inspections made for the purpose 15,485
(2) Dwellings inspected and recorded under Housing
Consolidated Regulations, 1925 1,623
(3) Dwellings found to be in a state so dangerous or
injurious to heatlh as to be unfit for human
habitation 92