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(a). (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at
the end of the year 98
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 112
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 657
(b). Number of new cases of overcrowding
ported during the year 2
(c). (i) Number of cases of overcrowing
heved during the year 118
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such
cases 708
(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.
The problem is now one of overcrowding of persons
into bedrooms, against which we have no legal means of
correction. A greater problem is the sub-division of
houses, erected for the use of one family, being occupied
by two or more families where the sanitary and necessary
facilities are sufficient for one family only.