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Housing 27
Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1936).
Number of families found to be living in overcrowded
conditions 198
Number of overcrowded families who have
obtained alternative accommodation 60
Number of houses erected by the Borough
Council for working classes during year 281
Underground Rooms.
Number occupied but unfit and action taken 15
Number closed or modified occupation approved 11
Houses Let in Lodgings.
Number in Borough 1
Number of inspections 12
Number of prosecutions nil.
Number of complaints remedied under the Bylaws
(not included under any other heading) 2
Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Acts, 1920—1939.
During the year 10 applications were received from occupiers
that their houses were not in a reasonable state of repair. All the
applications were acceded to and Statutory Certificates were
granted. Most of the work to put them in a reasonable state of
repair was carried out during the year.