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(c) Proceedings under Section 16 and 17 of the Housing
Act, 1957:—
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which
demolition orders were made 8
(2) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance
of Demolition Orders 100
(3) Number of demolition orders Revoked 1
(4) Number of Closing Orders made 1
(d) Proceedings under Section 18 of the Housing Act, 1957:
(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 Nil
4. Housing Act, 1957, Part IV—Overcrowding.
(a) (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at end of year 21
(2) Number of families dwelling therein 34
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein 163
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during
the year 2
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding abated during
the year 4
(2) Number of new cases of overcrowding relieved
during the year 2
(3) Number of persons concerned in such cases 19
(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. Rent Act, 1957.
This Act came into operation on the 6th July, 1957, and replaced
the Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954. The object of that part of
the Act, which imposes duties on the Health Department, is to permit
owners of controlled properties to increase the rents to a sum equal to
twice the gross rateable value, provided the house is kept in a satisfactory
state of repair.
During the year the Public Health Inspectors made 314 inspections
in connection with the requirements of the Act. These inspections
dealt with applications for Certificates of Disrepair, checking Undertakings
made by owners, and inspecting the works carried out to remedy
the defects and disrepair.
The following is a summary of the matters dealt with during the
year:—
Number of applications for Certificates 43
Number of Certificates issued 10
Number of Certificates cancelled 12
Number of Undertakings accepted 31
Number of applications for Certificates as to remedying
of defects, "Form O" 30
Number of Certificates as to remedying of defects:—
Granted "Form P" 20
Refused 10