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37.
HOUSING-OVERCROWDING MP PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.
At the end of 1956 the total number of overcrowded cases on the Public
Health Department register was 169, and the number on the medical preferential
treatment register was 65.
During the year 8 new cases of overcrowding and 1 new case recommended
for preferential treatment on medical grounds were added to the register.
A special survey of all premises on the register was made and it was found
that 116 overcrowded families and 29 preferential treatment cases had been
rehoused or had found other accommodation themselves.
The number of overcrowded cases remaining on the register at the end
of the year was 61, and the number on the preferential treatment register
was 37.
224 visits of inspection were made during the year.
UNDERGROUND ROOMS.
During the year 14 underground rooms were reported on, and Closing
Orders were made or Undertakings accepted in respect of 13. In two cases
Closing Orders were determined, the rooms being made to comply with the
Underground Rooms Regulations.
The number of underground rooms on the register at the end of the year
was 826.

During the year 44 factories were added to the register and 49 were
deleted, making a nett decrease in the number of factories in the Borough
of 5.