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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 —
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in
respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the
tenement or room having been rendered fit —
E. Proceedings under Section 25 of the Housing Act, 1936:
Number of dwelling-houses demolished as a result of Clearance
Area procedure:
(a) Part III 50
(b) Part V 7
Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954.
This Act came into operation in 1954, and among the requirements
Local Authorities have to submit to the Minister of Housing and Local
Government an estimate of the total number of houses unfit for human
habitation and suitable for demolition, together with their proposals for
dealing with the same.
This programme is in course of preparation.
Certificates of Disrepair.
The following table gives details of the applications for certificates of
disrepair dealt with up to the 31st December, 1954:
Applications received 159
Certificates granted 148
Certificates revoked on completion of repairs 3
SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
Thirty-seven visits were paid and the carcases and organs of 78 pigs killed
were inspected during or shortly after slaughter. None was found to be
affected with tuberculosis. 24 carcases of which some part or organ was
condemned showed a percentage of the number inspected affected with disease,
other than tuberculosis, of 30.76.
The following organs were surrendered:—
18 sets of lungs, 3 plucks, 3 kidneys, 1 liver, 1 heart, also two whole
carcases.
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