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(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
(e) Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts, 1953:—
(1) Closing Orders made under Section 10(1) 2
4. Housing Act, 1936, Part IV—Overcrowding: —
(a) (1) Number of dwelling houses overcrowded at end of year 2
(2) Number of families dwelling therein 2
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the
year 3
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the
year 5
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases 22
(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 27
By other persons 487
For the second year in succession there was an increase in
the number of dwellings inspected for housing defects and a very
substantial increase in the number of visits necessitated thereby,
due to the duties imposed upon Local Authorities in implementing
the Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954.
Under Section 1 of this Act, the Council was required to submit
to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government by the 30th
August, 1955, proposals for dealing with houses in the District
which appeared to be unfit for human habitation within the meaning
of Section 9 of the Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954, and
suitable for action under Section 11 or Section 25 of the Housing
Act, 1936.
The problem in this District may be said to be a comparatively
minor one, but, although there are no large areas of such
properties, there is nevertheless a small number of houses which
it is considered should be dealt with under these Sections of the
Housing Act.
A survey carried out for the purpose of estimating the number
of houses coming within the scope of these two Sections
covered approximately 200 houses and detailed inspections were
made of more than half this number. As a result, the Council
have submitted proposals for dealing with 27 houses under Parts
II and III of the Housing Act, 1936 during the next five years.
The Chief Sanitary Inspector reports "that many houses
omitted from the proposals can be considered at best as of a border
line character only, and unless a radical change in the attitude of
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