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(d) Proceedings under section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936 :
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in
respect of which Closing Orders were made —
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms
in respect of which Closing Orders were determined
the tenement or room having been rendered
fit —
IV.—Housing Act, 1936, Part IV—Overcrowding.
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of
the year 429
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 438
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 3,122
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported
during the year 9
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during
the year 162
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 1,038
(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 —
(e) For other comments on overcrowding see report.
Number of New Houses Erected During the Year 1937:—
By Private Enterprise 74
By the Local Authority —