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B.—Proceedings under Public Health Act :
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were
served requiring defects to be remedied 260
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied
after service of formal notice :
(а) by Owners 221
(b) by Local Authority in default of owner—
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 1
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of
Demolition Orders 3
(3) Number of houses concerning which action has been taken
by the Local Authority under Section 19, and with respect
to which Owners have given an undertaking that they will
not be used for human habitation—
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 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 1
Of the four houses reported as unfit for human habitation
during the year, one was the subject of a Demolition Order and the
house has now been vacated and demolished and three related to
basement dwellings. In respect of the first of these, a Closing
Order was made by the Council and the basement has now been
vacated ; in the second case Closing Order procedure was not
commenced until 1955 and in the third case, the owner elected to
carry out the necessary work to render the basement fit for human
habitation and this work is in hand.
Two houses which were the subject of Demolition Orders
four years ago were demolished during the year. One basement
dwelling which was the subject of a Closing Order was rendered fit
and the Closing Order determined by the Council.
Housing Repairs and Rents Act 1954.
This Act became operative on the 30th August 1954, and by the
end of the year 59 applications for Certificates of Disrepair and one
application for a Certificate of Disrepair to be revoked had been
granted by the Council.
In order to comply with the provisions of Section 1 of the Act,
a preliminary survey of the unfit houses in the Borough was
commenced towards the end of the year for the purpose of arriving
at the estimatde number of houses in the Borough which are liable
to demolition.