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influx of new caravans with Irish families, and they were
no improvement:, as visits to the sites occupied by them
clearly showed. The problem became so acute that the
Council set up a special Caravan Trespassers Committee.
As a result, concentrated efforts were made to enclose
Council-owned land in the affected areas with suitable
fences and to persuade the private land owners to erect
new, and repair existing fences and gates and to take
other suitable action to secure their land. Abatement
Notices were served on caravan occupiers on every possible
occasion. By the early part of the summer, practically
all sites used had been cleared and the remaining few
offenders were under control and kept on the move by the
Warden. When the majority of the caravans had left, the
sites were found to be littered with refuse of all kinds
in tremendous quantities. This was removed by the Council
and the areas disinfected by the staff of the Public
Health Department.
RENT ACT, 1957
Part I - Applications for Certificates of Disrepair
(1) Number of applications for certificates 21
(2) Number of decisions not to issue certificates -
(3) Number of decisions to issue certificates
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 13
(b) in respect of all defects 8
(4) Number of undertakings given by landlords
under paragraph 5 of the First Schedule 15
(5) Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority
under proviso to paragraph 5 of the
First Schedule -
(6) Number of Certificates issued 5
Part II - Applications for Cancellations of Certificates
(7) Applications by landlord to Local Authority
for cancellation of certificates 4
(8) Objections by tenants to cancellation of
certificates -
(9) Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in
spite of tenants objection -
(10) Certificates cancelled by Local Authority 4
NEW DWELLINGS, 1961
Completion figures for the 12 months period ending
31st December, 1961 were:
Houses (1 bedroom)
Houses (2 bedrooms)-
Houses (3 bedrooms) -
Flats (Bedsitters) -
Flats (1 bedroom) 36
Flats (2 bedrooms) 109
Flats (3 bedrooms) -