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SECTION D— HOUSING.
(i) Overcrowding.— No notices were served during 1957.
(ii) Clearance Areas.— Two areas were declared by the Council to
be Clearance Areas, in 1957.
The Council decided to make a grant of £5 towards the removal
expenses of any family required to move from a house to which a
demolition or closing order applies.
(iii) HOUSING STATISTICS.
1. Inspection of dwelling-houses during the year: —
(1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or Housing
Acts) 1,780
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose ... 17,081
(2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under
head (1) above) which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations,
1925 and 1932 —
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose —
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit
for human habitation 1
(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 525
2. 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 249*
3. Action under Statutory Powers during the year: —
A. Proceedings under Sections 9, 10 and 16 of the Housing
Act, 1936 and Sections 9, 10, and 16 of the
Housing Act, 1957.
(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 130
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices: —
(a) By owners 107*
(b) By local authority in default of owners 3*