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(d) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing
Act, 1936:—
(i) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing
Orders were made
None
(ii) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing
Orders were determined, the tenement or
room having been rendered fit
Overcrowding.
(a) Certificates issued to landlords, giving the
permitted number of persons who may
occupy a house 26
(b) Number of dwellings recorded as overcrowded
at the end of the year 602
Number of families dwelling therein 704
Number of persons dwelling therein 2,998
(c) Number of new eases of overcrowding
ported during the year 446
(d) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved
during the year Total 307
(1) by removals of sub-tenants/lodgers,
members of family 32
(2) by removal of families to other
known addresses (not overcrowded) 253
(3) by removal to unknown addresses 22
(4) rehoused by Council (included also
in (2) above):—
In requisitioned premises 25
In Council houses 206
In temporary bungalows 17
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such
cases 1,654
(e) Particulars of any cases in which dwellinghouses
have again become overcrowded after
the Local Authority have taken steps for the
abatement of overcrowding 3