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b. Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 36
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners 39*
(b) By local authority in default of owners —
c. Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing
Act, 1936:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
Demolition Orders were made —
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in
pursuance of Demolition Orders —
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 —
4. Housing Act, 1936, Part IV—Overcrowding:—
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of
the year 14
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 14
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 101
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported
during the year 3
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during
the year 66
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 459½
(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) Any other particulars with respect to overcrowding
conditions upon which the Medical Officer of
Health may consider it desirable to report —
* Includes compliances during 1940 of Notices served in 1939.
t These were inspections of houses previously inspected.