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1935, which, briefly, provides that in certain circumstances
payment shall be made to the owner of a house which,
though unfit for human habitation and therefore properly
included in a clearance order has been as well maintained
as is practicable in all the circumstances. A scheme for
the rehousing of all persons to be displaced from the
proposed areas was put in hand, but the houses had not
been vacated by the end of the year.
Apart from action taken in connection with Clearance
Areas, twenty-two demolition orders were made in respect
of "individual" unfit houses.
The summary that has appeared in my annual report
for the past two years showing the action taken as regards
(a) clearance areas and (b) "individual" houses found to
be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be
unfit for human habitation, has been again revised so as
to show the position at the end of 1936, but I must reiterate
that it is intended to refer only to action taken since the
passing of the Housing Act, 1930 and does not include
houses demolished or otherwise dealt with before 1930.
Building development by private enterprise has also
proceeded during the year and the following table gives
particulars of the total houses erected during 1936:—
(1) Number of new houses erected by the
Corporation during the year ended 31st
December, 1936 Nil.
(2) Number of houses erected by private
enterprise during the year ended 31st
December, 1936 106
170 Flats.
(3) Total number of houses for the workingclasses
erected by the Corporation since
March, 1934 732
24 Flats.
Statistics relating to action taken under the Housing
Acts have been prepared on lines suggested in Circular
1561 issued by the Minister of Health and are shown on
pages 25 to 28. They are similar to the tables shown
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