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St Pancras 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: 3. Action under Statutory Powers.

3. Action under Statutory Powers.

(a)—Proceedings under Sections 17, 18 and 23 of the Housing Act, 1930 :—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs225
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners143
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners. .—
(b)—Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices (Statutory) were served requiring defects to be remedied837
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal (Statutory) notice : —
(at) By owners669
(6) By Local Authority in default of ownersNil.
(c)—Proceedings under Sections 19 and 21 of the Housing Act, 1930:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made5
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders2
(d)—Proceedings under Section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930 :—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made .. .. ..188
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit1
(3) Number of underground rooms made tit as a result of preliminary notice only under section 20 (without Closing Orders)20
(4) (a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year4520
(ii) „ families dwelling therein4520
(iii) ,, persons „ „31225½
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year56
(c) (i) ,, cases of overcrowding relieved during the year58
(ii) „ persons concerned in such cases282
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling houses have again become overcrowded after Local Authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowdingNil.

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Overcrowding.
The preliminary survey required under the Housing Act, 1935, for the ascertainment
of overcrowded houses was reported upon last year. A dwelling house is deemed to be
overcrowded if the " permitted number " as determined in accordance with one or other of the
following tables, whichever is the less, is exceeded :—