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(6) (a) Number of cancellations of Closing Orders (premises
demolished) 9
(b) Number of cancellations of undertakings (premises
demolished) 1
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 9
(b) in respect of other parts of buildings 88
C.—Contravention of Closing Orders
(1) Number of contraventions of Closing Orders reported Nil
(2) Number of legal proceedings instituted Nil
5. Housing Act, 1957—Part IV—Overcrowding
(1) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the
year 11
(2) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year 5
Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1958
House Purchase and Housing Act, 1959
Housing Act, 1961
During 1963, a total of 61 applications for loans or grants under the
above Acts were received by the Council, relating to the improvement of
146 dwellings. Altogether, 223 visits were made by the public health
inspectors in connection with these applications.
Rent Act, 1957—Certificates of Disrepair
Three applications for Certificates of Disrepair were received during
1963.
In the case of the first application, the necessary works were carried
out before the service of notice of the Council's intention to issue a
Certificate.
The premises which were the subject of the second application were
not controlled premises, and therefore the provisions of the Rent Act,
1957, relating to the issue of Certificates of Disrepair, did not apply. The
applicant was informed accordingly. Subsequently, it was learnt that the
owners had voluntarily remedied the defects.
On receipt of the Council's notice of intention to issue a Certificate
in respect of the third application, the owner gave an Undertaking on the
20th December, 1963, that he would remedy the defects within six months.