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HOUSING
STATISTICS RELATING TO HOUSING
Public Health (London) Act, 1936
Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or
illness 6,178
Re-inspections 13,068
Number of statutory notices served:
Intimation notices 979
Nuisance notices 262
Number of houses in which nuisances were abated 1,120
The number of cases referred to the Solicitor for legal action
during 1962 was 66
The following is a summary of Police Court proceedings:
Number of summonses served 38
„ „ „ withdrawn 15
adjourned
„ „ Orders made for abatement of nuisances 15
Housing Acts, 1936 and 1957
Clearance of Unfit Houses
Number of houses included in representations under
Section 157 of the Housing Act, 1957 84
Number of houses included in declared Clearance Areas
under Section 42 of the Housing Act, 195 27
Number of houses demolished following action under
Section 25 of the Housing Act, 1936 9
Number of houses demolished following action under
Section 42 of the Housing Act, 1957 18
Number of houses demolished following action under
Section 43(2) of the Housing Act, 1957 22
Demolition Orders
Number of Demolition Orders made under Section 17(1)
of the Housing Act, 1957 1
Number of houses demolished as a result of formal or
informal procedure under Section 17(1) of the Housing
Act, 1957 2
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