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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 11
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in
pursuance of Demolition Orders 3
(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
rendered fit Nil
OVERCROWDING.
The Housing Act, 1936, Section 62 deals with entries
required to be made in rent books, information to be available
and certificates with respect to permitted numbers. With
regard to this section, certificates have been issued by the
Department to landlords, giving the permitted number of persons
who may occupy a house, as follows : —
1936 397
1937 3614
1938 986
Statistics re Overcrowding : —
(a) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the
year 43
Number of families dwelling therein 44
Number of persons dwelling therein 275
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported
during the year 62
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during
the year (total) 80
(1) by removal of members of family 23
(2) by removal of families to other known
addresses (not overcrowded) 32
(3) by removal to unknown addresses 22
(4) by removal to Council houses (included also
in (2)) 23
(5) by re-arrangement of rooms amongst tenants 1
(6) by removal of sub-tenants 2
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 474
(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 l
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