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Inspections
The total number of inspections and visits for all purposes
amounted to eight hundred and sixteen. Details and classification
of these inspections will be found on page 21.
Notices Served
112 Intimation Notices were served during the year and
owners and their representatives were written and interviewed.
The Council authorised the service of 14 Statutory Notices upon
the failure of informal action, but it was found necessary to
serve only 9 of these notices. At the end of the year, a total
of 31 notices was outstanding, and in a large number of instances
work had been commenced or instructions given for compliance.
This position must be regarded as highly satisfactory. In no
case was it necessary to institute legal proceedings or to carry
out work in default. Details of all notices served during the
year are given on page 22.
Improvements Effected
A tabulated statement of improvements carried out in
pursuance of inspections made and notices served is given
on page 23.
Overcrowding
I am satisfied that there are, in normal times, very few cases
of serious overcrowding within the district. All complaints
received in this connection were fully investigated and routine
inspections were made in certain districts for the detection of
cases of overcrowding. Council houses were included in these
surveys, and only 5 cases of overcrowding—within the meaning
of the Housing Act, 1936—were detected. One of these cases
was a Council house. In one case, where it was suspected that
the occupier had given false information, the authority of the
Council was sought and a Statutory Notice served pursuant
to the provisions of Section 66 of the Housing Act, 1936. Since
the outbreak of war, the large influx of population to the district
has possibly resulted in a few isolated cases of overcrowding.
One such case, brought about by what may be termed " unofficial
billeting," was found and remedied.