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HOUSING
(A) Repair—Housing and Public Health Acts
Number of houses rendered fit after service of notices:—
Housing Act, 1957, Public Health and similar Local Acts.
Informal Formal
By owner 503 31
(B) Beyond repair—Housing Act, 1957
1. No. of undertakings accepted (section 16) Nil
2. „ closing orders made (section 17) Nil
3. „ demolition orders made (section 17) 5
4. „ closing orders made (section 18) 5
5. „ closing orders determined (section 27) 1
6. „ closing orders revoked and demolition orders
substituted (section 28) Nil
7. „ houses demolished following demolition orders 3
(C) Clearance Areas
(1) Represented during Year:
1. Number of Areas 13
2. Houses unfit for human habitation 99
3. Houses included by reason of bad arrangement, etc. . Nil
4. Houses on land acquired under 43(2) Nil
5. Numbers of people to be displaced:
(a) Individuals 272
(b) Families 106
(2) Action taken during the Year:
1. Houses demolished by Local Authorities or Owners:
(a) Unfit 81
(b) Others Nil
2. Number of people displaced:
(a) Individuals 347
(b) Families 98
COMPULSORY IMPROVEMENT OF DWELLINGS
The Housing Act, 1964, gives a local authority power to require
the compulsory improvement of tenanted dwellings which lack one
or more of the standard amenities defined in the Act. The amenities
are a bath, wash-hand basin and sink, each with a hot and cold
water supply, an internal water closet and a ventilated food store.
Two areas containing 142 dwellings, approximately 68 of which
lacked one or more of the standard amenities, were declared to be