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OVERCROWDING
The following statement gives details of the known cases of overcrowding existing or dealt with
during the year, the standard of overcrowding being that detailed in the Housing Act, 1957.
Dwellings Families Persons
Number at 31st December, 1962 10 12 64
Number of new cases during the year 4 4 20
Number of cases relieved during the year 7 9 39
Number at 31st December, 1963 7 7 45
It is very unlikely that the above represents the entire extent of overcrowding in the Borough but
were the only cases known to the Department.
The present overcro wding standard is the one laid down in the Housing Act 1935 and re-enacted in
the present Act. The fact that a husband and wife and baby under 12 months old can still live and sleep
in a room 11 ft x 10 ft. without being statutorily overcrowded makes one wonder whether the time has
not arrived for a revision of the standard.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES
There are no registered common lodging houses in the Borough.
RENT ACT, 1957
The following figures show the number of applications for Certificates of Disrepair and Revocation
received and the action taken during the year.
Application for Certificates of Disrepair.
Number of applications for certificates 4
Number of decisions not to issue certificates —
Number of decisions to issue certificates
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 2
(b) in respect of all defects 1
Number of applications outstanding at end of year 1
Number of undertakings given by landlords under
paragraph 5 of the First Schedule 3
Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority —
Number of certificates issued —
Applications for Cancellation of Certificates
Number of applications by landlords to Local Authority
for cancellation of certificates 2
Number of objections by tenants to cancellation of
certificates 1
Number of decisions by Local Authority to cancel in
spite of tenants' objections —
Number of certificates cancelled by Local Authority 1
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