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(b) Number of Closing Orders made in respect of
ground rooms 14
(42 rooms)
(c) Number of Undertakings accepted in lieu of Closing
Orders in respect of underground rooms 1
(1 room)
(2) (a) Number of other parts of buildings represented for closure Nil
(b) Number of Closing Orders made in respect of other parts
of buildings 10
(54 rooms)
(3) Number of specifications submitted and approved 7
(4) (a) Number of Closing Orders determined in respect of
underground rooms 11
(25 rooms)
(b) Number of Closing Orders determined in respect of other
parts of buildings 1
(2 rooms)
(5) (a) Number of applications made for modification of Closing
Orders to permit approved use 12
(23 rooms)
(b) Number of applications approved 7
(11 rooms)
(6) Number of cancellations of Closing Orders (houses demolished) 9
B.—Informal action in respect of parts of buildings unfit for human
habitation.
(1) Number of instances of informal action initiated to secure
requirements of the Housing Acts and Regulations made
thereunder:—
(a) in respect of underground rooms 96
(b) in respect of other parts of buildings 16
(2) Number of instances of informal action included in (a) and
(b) above:—
(а) on the initiative of the owner 61
(b) at the suggestion of the Medical Officer of Health 51
C.—Contraventions of Closing Orders.
(1) Number of contraventions of Closing Orders reported Nil
(2) Number of legal proceedings instituted Nil
5. Housing Act, 1936—Part IV—Overcrowding.
(1) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the
year 27
(2) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year 20