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(4) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing
Act, 1936.
(a) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which
Closing Orders were made –
(b) Number of separate tenements or under
ground rooms in respect of which
Closing Orders were determined, the
tenement or room having been rendered
fit –
(5) Proceedings under Section 25 of the Housinq Act
1936.
(a) Number of Clearance Areas declared 7
(b) Number of unfit dwellings included in
Clearance Areas 28
(c) Number of unfit dwellings in Clearance
Areas demolished 10
(6) Proceedings under Local Government
aneous Provisions) Act, 1953.
(a) Closing Orders made under Section 10(1) 2
(b) Number of dwellings closed 2
Overcrowding.
The figure of overcrowded premises given in previous
reports has always been arrived at by adding new cases to
the previous year's total and deducting the cases known to
have been abated. During the year a check was made of all
premises shown on our records as being overcrowded and it
was found that the number actually overcrowded was much
smaller than had been assumed. . At the end of the year 31
dwellings were overcrowded, i.e. 0.17% of the total dwellings
in the district.
The average number of occupants for each inhabited
house in the district is now 3.50, the lowest since 1939
when the figure was 3.44. This figure, together with those
given in the previous paragraph, shows that overcrowding
is not a serious problem in the district.
Improvement Grants.
The increased interest reported last year in this
method of modernising dwelling houses has not been
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