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2. Remedy of Defects during the Year without service of Formal
Notices:—
Number of defective dwelling houses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority or their
Officers 148
Number of dwelling houses demolished during the year
Moveable Dwellings.
During 1956, three licences were renewed embracing a total of
94 caravans and 25 tents. For the winter months, three licences,
covering a total of 51 caravans were also issued.
Fifty-one visits were made to the various sites by the Public
Health Inspectors.
Re-Housing.
I am indebted to the Housing and Estates Manager for the
following statistics of re-housing carried out by the Local
Authority :—
Prior to During Total as at
1956 1956 Dec. 1956
1. (a) Number of permanent dwellings built
by Local Authority (excluding 402
old type pre-1939 Council houses)1,952 262 2,214
(b) Number of pre-fabricated dwellings
built by Local Authority 319-319
(c) Number of dwellings requisitioned by
Local Authority as at Dec., 1955 29—3
2. (a) Number of families occupying 1(a) 2,214+lodgers
(b) Number of families occupying 1(b) 319
(c) Number of families occupying 1(c) 17
3. Total number of families re-housed during 1956 in:
(a) 262 (b) Nil (c) Nil
4. Number of families on waiting list at 31.12.56 in various categories:
(a) Families in urgent need of other accommodation 70
(b) Families whose applications require early consideration 229
(c) Families whose applications are less urgent 202
501
(d) Families with varying degrees of housing need 243
5. It is not possible to give any accurate idea of the number of families
on the waiting list living in overcrowded conditions as no figures are
kept as to the extent of statutory overcrowding, but about 299 of the
families included in (4) above are living in crowded conditions.