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HOUSING
STATISTICS RELATING TO HOUSING
Public Health (London) Act, 1936
Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or
illness 7,238
Re-inspections 16,217
Number of statutory notices served:
Intimation notices 1,548
Nuisance notices 360
Number of houses in which nuisances were abated 1,563
The number of cases referred to the Solicitor for legal action
during 1957 was 86
The following is a summary of Police Court proceedings:
Number of summonses served 26
„ „ „ withdrawn 9
„ „ „ adjourned 8
„ „ Orders made for abatement of nuisances 9
Costs awarded in respect of four cases £4. 4s. 0d.
Housing Acts, 1936 and 1957
Repairs
Number of houses made fit after service of formal
notices
(a) by owners Nil
(b) by local authority in default of owners Nil
Demolition and Closing Orders
Housing Act, 1936 and Housing Act, 1957
(a) Demolition Orders made under Section 17 (1)
of Housing Act 1957 2
(b) Houses demolished as the result of formal or
informal procedure Nil
(c) Houses closed in pursuance of an undertaking
given by the owner and still in force Nil
(d) Parts of buildings closed by Closing Orders
(1) Underground rooms 15
(2) Other rooms Nil
(3) Closing Orders determined 3
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