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111
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for
human habitation 103
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred
to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be
in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation 5,623
II.—Remedy of Defects during the Year without service
of formal Notices :—
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority
or their Officers 4,394
III.—Action under Statutory Powers during the Year:—
(a) Proceedings under sections 9, 10 and 16 of the Housing
Act, 1935:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices
were served requiring repairs —
(2) Number of dwelling houses which were rendered fit
after service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners —
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners —
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices
were served requiring defects to be remedied 528
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners 352
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners —
(c) Proceedings under section 11 and 13 of the Housing
Act, 1936:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
lition Orders were made 8
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of
Demolition Orders 4
(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
IV.—Housing Act, 1936, Part IV—Overcrowding.
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of
the year 248
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 253
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 1,868
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported
during the year 58
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during
the year 239
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 1,464
(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 1938:—
By Private Enterprise 48
By the Local Authority 74