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(c) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing
Act, 1936:-
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Demolition
Orders were made Nil
(2) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance
of Demolition Orders Nil
(d) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936:-
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms
in respect of which Closing Orders were made Nil
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms
in respect of which Closing Orders were determined,
the tenement or room having been rendered fit Nil
4. Housing Act, 1936, Part IV-Overcrowding:-
(a) (1) Number of dwelling houses overcrowded at end of year 6
(2) Number of families dwelling therein 8
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein 41
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the
year 9
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the
year 10
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases 57
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling houses have again
become overcrowded after the Local Authority has taken
steps for the abatement of overcrowding Nil
Number of New Houses Erected during the Year: —
By the Local Authority 247
By other persons 229
It should be noted that since the war 85 cases of overcrowding
have been relieved but in not one single case has overcrowding
recurred after the Local Authority has abated it. In fact, there
has only been one case of recurrent overcrowding after the Council
had provided alternative accommodation, and that was in 1936.
During the year this most important problem of housing
began to enter a new phase after the post-war period in which
attention has been focussed on the provision of the maximum
number of housing units, mainly by new building on the part of
the Local Authorities.
As compared with 1952 new building by the Council increased
by 33% while that by private builders increased by 189%. It
also became obvious that the amount of land in the District
capable of large scale council house building of the conventional
type was very limited in view of the proportion of the undeveloped
part of the District allocated to the Green Belt or thought most
suitable for private building. Emphasis swayed towards the encouragement
of house purchase by those able to afford it.
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