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(3) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Closing
Orders were determined, the dwelling houses having
been rendered fit Nil.
(4) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Demolition
Orders were made Nil.
(5) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of
Demolition Orders Nil.
(6) Number of dwelling houses demolished voluntarily ... Nil.
* This number does not include 208 notices served in the latter
part of 192S and complied with in 1926.
OVERCROWDING.
During the course of systematic inspection of 3,874 houses
of the working classes between 1st January and 3ist December,
1926, 386, or 9.9 per cent., were found to contain one or more
overcrowded rooms. The standard of overcrowding was on the
basis of a minimum of 360 cubic feet air space in sleeping rooms
for persons over 10 years, or 400 cubic feet where the room is
both a living and sleeping room; and 250 cubic feet per person
under 10—this being the standard fixed in the local bye-laws for
houses let in lodgings. 712 families occupied these 386 houses
and 439 or 61.6 per cent. of these families in overcrowded houses
were found to be overcrowded. In 117 houses of the 386 houses
it was found possible to abate overcrowding without producing
corresponding overcrowding elsewhere.
531 notices were served to abate overcrowding.