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Number of inspections made for the purpose Nil
Number of dwelling-houses found not to be in all
respects fit for human habitation 1,185
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit
in consequence of informal action 1,219
Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
statutory notices were served requiring defects
to be remedied 18
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects
were remedied after service of formal notices—
(a) By owners 10†
(b) By Local Authority in default of
owners 14*
†Includes compliance in 1944 of 4 notices served in 1943.
*Includes compliance in 1944 of 7 notices served in 1943.
Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936.
Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
Demolition Orders were made Nil
Overcrowding.
Number of certificates issued giving the number
of persons who may occupy a house 54
Number of dwellings overcrowded at end of year 129
Number of families dwelling therein 133
Number of persons dwelling therein 694
Number of new eases of overcrowding reported
during the year 31
Number of overcrowded families relieved during
the year 16
(1) by removal of members of family 2
(2) „ of families to other known address 10
(3) ,, to unknown addresses 1
(4) „ to Council houses (included also
in (2)) 2
(5) „ to requisitioned premises (also
included in (2)) 7
(6) „ of sub-tenants to requisitioned
premises 1
(7) by rearrangement of rooms in house 1
(8) by removal of lodger 1
(9) Number of persons included in such relieved
cases 99
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