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(c) Proceedings under sections 19 and 21 of the Housing Act, 1930 :—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition
Orders were made 13
(2) Number" of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of
Demolition Orders 5
(d) Proceedings under section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930 :—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in
respect of which Closing Orders were made 0
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in
respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the
tenement or room having been rendered fit 0
5. Demolished voluntarily in lieu of formal action under Housing
Acts 4
6. Housing Act, 1935. Overcrowding
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year 71
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 72
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 555
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the
year 2
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the
year 48
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 291
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling-houses have again
become overcrowded after the Local Authority have taken
steps for the abatement of overcrowding 0
(e) Other particulars with respect to overcrowding :—
Overcrowding in 5 Council Houses was relieved by transferring
the occupants to larger existing Council Houses.
HOUSING ACT, 1935.
Section 1 of this Act placed on every Local Authority the duty of
causing an inspection of the District to be made to ascertain what dwelling
houses were overcrowded. Section 2 enacted that a house shall be deemed
to be overcrowded when two persons of opposite sexes above the age of
ten years and not being husband and wife MUST sleep in the same room
or when the number of persons sleeping in the house is in excess of the
permitted number as defined in the first schedule of the Act. This
schedule defines the number of persons who are permitted to occupy a
house containing from one to five rooms or more and also defines for small