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(c) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing
Act, 1936:—
(1) Number of Dwelling-Houses in respect of which
Demolition Orders were made 4
(2)Nurnber of Dwelling-Houses demolished in pursuance
of Demolition Orders Nil.
(d) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act,
1936:—
(1)Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
made 2
(2)Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
determined, the tenement or room having been
made fit Nil.
4. Housing Act, 1936, Part IV—Overcrowding:—
(a) 1. Number of Dwellings overcrowded at end of year 127
2. Number of Families dwelling therein 221
3. Number of Persons dwelling therein 924
(b) Number of New Cases of Overcrowding reported
during the Year 52
(c) 1. Number of New Cases of Overcrowding relieved
during the Year 4
2. Number of Persons concerned in such cases 30
(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 Nil.
6.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
(i) Notifiable Diseases.
Most of the Infectious Diseases now fall within this category,
and, as I mentioned in last year's report those notifications, where
the diagnosis is altered after observation are not recorded in the
following tables, unless the amended diagnosis proves the condition
to be one of another type of infection which is notifiable, when the
case is then recorded under its appropriate nomenclature. In this
way it is possible to give a more accurate picture of the number of
cases of infectious diseases in the district.
(a) Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis.
It will be remembered that this condition goes by the popular
name of "Infantile Paralysis," but, as this is now a misnomer, it
is better to use the technical term, although it is a more cumbersome
one.
During 1948, there were only 2 cases.