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SECTION D.
HOUSING.
(i) Routine Inspections :
Three hundred and seven visits were made to premises in connection
with the Housing Act, 1936. The survey under the Housing
Repairs and Rents Act, 1954, was commenced in order to obtain
information for the return required by the Ministry of Housing
and Local Government in 1955.
(ii) Clearance Areas:
No clearance areas were declared during the period under review.
(iii) Individually Unfit Houses :
One house was dealt with during the year.
(iv) Demolition Orders :
No orders were made.
(v) Overcrowding:
The position so far as is known with regard to statutory overcrowding,
as defined in the Housing Act, 1936, is as shown in the
following table : —
Number of cases—31st December
31st Dec., 1954
Area
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
No. of cases found during the year
No. of cases remedied during year
Cases at end
of year
No. of cases
No. of persons
concerned
Aged over 10
Aged under 10
Lamorbey
2
4
6
7
9
6
7
11
9
5
2
2
2
4
—
1
3
20
4
Longlands
—
—
1
—
1
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Birch wood
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Frognal
—
—
1
1
—
—
1
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
2
1
1
7
3
North Cray
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
St. Paul's
Cray
1
I
2
4
5
6
4
5
3
3
2
2
4
4
3
4
3
14
5
Chislehurst
Common
1
1
—
—
—
1
3
6
3
1
1
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
Mottingham
2
2
2
4
5
15
6
15
26
17
13
10
10
11
1
7
5
41
5
Totals
7
9
13
18
21
30
24
42
43
27
18
15
17
19
6
13
12
82
17
(vi) Defects :
Number of houses inspected for housing defects (Public
Health and Housing Acts) 808
Number of houses found not in all respects fit 578
Number of houses made fit without service of formal
notices 468