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3. Action under Statutory Powers during the Year:—
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 repairs 169
(2) Number of dwelling houses which were rendered fit after
service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners †55
(b) By local authority in default of owners 3
B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices
were served requiring defects to be remedied 164
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were remedied
after service of formal notices: —
(a) By owners 123
(b) By local authority in default of owners Nil
C. Proceedings under sections 19 and 21 of the Housing Act,
1930:—
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Demolition
Orders were made 27
(2) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of
Demolition Orders 13
(3) Insanitary houses have been demolished in anticipation
of formal procedure under Section 19 1
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 1
(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
*This number does not include 26 houses in regard to which
notices were served in 1933 and complied with in 1934.
†Not including 43 houses concerning which notices were served
in 1933 and complied with in 1934.
OVERCROWDING.
During the course of a systematic inspection of 5,207 houses
between 1st January and 31st December, 1934, 94 or 1.8 per cent.
were found to contain one or more overcrowded rooms.
A family is considered to be overcrowded if the total accommodation,
after allowing one room as a living room, in addition to
the necessary bedroom accommodation, does not provide floor area
for each member of the family of 40 square feet for persons over
5 years and 30 square feet for persons under 5 years, or the accommodation
does not permit of the sexes being properly divided.
128 families occupied these 94 houses and 97, or 75.7 per cent.
these families were found to be overcrowded. In 64 houses of
the 94 houses it was found possible to abate overcrowding without
producing corresponding overcrowding elsewhere.
97 notices were served to abate overcrowding.