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Housing.
1. Total number of houses in the
borough 37,766
2. Number of houses occupied by
the working classes .31,717
Public Health Act.
3. No. of houses inspected on
account of complaints 3,404
Illness 1,646
4. Number of statutory notices
served 3,451
5. Number of houses repaired or
nuisances remedied 11,852
Housing Acts (1925-35).
6. Number of houses inspected—
house to house (Housing Consolidated
Regs. 1925) 703
7. (a) Number of houses included
in representations by the
Borough Medical Officer under
Sec. I of H.A. 1930 105
(b) Number of houses demolished
following representation
by Borough Medical
Officer under Sec. I. of H.A.
1930 112
8. Number of houses repaired
under Sections 17 and 18 of
H.A. 1930 :
(а) by owners —
(b) by LA. in default of owners —
9. Number of houses demolished:
(a) in pursuance of orders
under Sec. 19 of the Housing
Act, 1930 2
(b) Voluntarily 90
10. Number of houses (wholly or
in part) the subject of Closing
Orders (excluding underground
rooms) 1
11. Number of Closing Orders
determined (i.e., houses made
fit) —
12. Number of houses in accepted
schemes for redevelopment or
reconditioning by owners
under Part V of the H.A. 1935 —
13. Number of certificates of fitness
issued under Sec. 55 H.A.
1935 —
14. Number of houses erected by
the Borough Council for working
classes during year 153
15. Houses Let in Lodgings.
Number in Borough 3,276
Number of inspections 1,447
Number of prosecutions 1
Number of complaints remedied
under the By-laws (not
included under any other
heading) 787
16. Underground. Rooms.
Number occupied but unfit
under Sec. 18 of H.A. 1925 as
modified by Sec. 84 of Housing
Act, 1935 6,159
Number closed or modified
occupation approved under
Section 84 H.A. 1935 8
17. Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1935)
Number of houses inspected
under Sec. I of H.A. 1935 35,199
Number of families found to
be living in overcrowded conditions
Sec.I of H.A.1935 7,612