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Housing 21
Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1936)
Number of families found to be living in overcrowded
conditions 244
Number of overcrowded families who have obtained
alternative accommodation 110
Number of houses erected by the Borough Council
for working classes during year 281
Underground Rooms
Number occupied but unfit and action taken 12
Number closed or modified occupation approved 9
Houses Let in Lodgings
Number in Borough 3
N amber of inspections 10
Number of prosecutions Nil
Number of complaints remedied under the By-laws
(not included under any other heading) Nil
Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Acts, 1920—1939
During the year nine applications were received from occupiers
that their houses were not in a reasonable state of repair. In four
cases the applications were withdrawn. In the remaining five cases,
the applications were acceded to and Statutory Certificates were
granted. Much of the work to put them in a reasonable state of
repair was carried out during the year.