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(c) Proceedings under Section 11 and 13 of the Housing
Act, 1936:
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which
demolition orders were made 3
(2) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance
of Demolition Orders 5
(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 Nil
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined,
the tenement or room having been made fit 1
4. Housing Act, 1936. Part IV—Overcrowding
(a) (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at end of year 73
(2) Number of families dwelling therein 142
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein 565
(b) Number of new cases of Overcrowding reported during
the year 18
(c) (1) Number of new cases of overcrowding relieved
during the year 7
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases 26
(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
5. PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER.
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
(i) Notifiable Diseases
As in the past, I have not recorded those notifications, where, after
lvestigation, or further observation, the diagnosis has been changed,
^here, however, the altered diagnosis has proved to be another type of
otifiable infection, this has been appropriately recorded. The necessary
mendments have been forwarded at the end of each quarter to the
egistrar-General, in accordance with instructions.
(a) Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis
This year has been a quiet one, so far as Poliomyelitis has been conerned.
Why this has been so, we do not know. It has been suggested
hat the low incidence throughout the Country generally may have been
ue to the lack of real " Summer weather," but I feel that this is not the
hole explanation, as very severe spidemics have occurred in America,
ven during the Winter. We can at present but be thankful that we have
een so free this year.
There were in all only 3 patients. Of these, 1 had paralysis of the
"spiratory system and, unfortunately, died. The other 2 were nonparalytic.