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(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered
fit after service of formal Notices:—
(а) By owners 186*
(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 18
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal Notices:—
(a) By owners 3
(b) By local authority in default of owners —
c. Proceedings under sections 19 and 21 of the Housing
Act, 1930:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
Demolition Orders were made 5
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance
of Demolition Orders 5+
d. Proceedings under section 20 of the Housing Act,
1930:—
(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 —
4. Housing Act, 1935.—Overcrowding:—
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of
the year 123
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein130
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 884½
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during
the year 295
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during
the year 172
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 1,046½
(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 Nil
(e) Any other particulars with respect to overcrowding
conditions upon which the Medical Officer of Health
may consider it desirable to report Nil
* Includes compliances during 1936 of Notices served in 1935.
+ In addition 9 dwelling-houses were demolished in anticipation of
formal procedure under Section 19, and 5 insanitary houses have
been closed.