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(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in
pursuance of Demolition Orders nil
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 Nil
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms
in respect of which Closing Orders were determined,
the tenement or room having been rendered fit Nil
IV.- HOUSING ACT, 1936, PART IV. - OVERCROWDING: -
A.(l) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of
the year 127
(2) Number of families dwelling therein 127
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein 997
B. Number of new cases of overcrowding reported
during the year 15
C.(l) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during
the year 26
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases 165
D. Cases of overcrowding occurring during the year
after the Council had re-housed an overcrowded'
family Nil
HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION.
During the year 191 house-to-house inspections were
carried out,
(c) Housing Act, 1936.
Unfit Houses,
No action was taken under this heading.
(d) Housing Act, 1936 - Overcrowding.
Total number of houses in the Borough scheduled as
overcrowded on 1st.January, 1939 138
Additional cases added during the year 15
Cases abated during the year:-
Rehoused by the Council 18
Removals, altered accommodation, decrease of family
units, etc. 8
26
This leaves a total of 138 cases of overcrowding
remaining on the schedule at the end of the year.
The 15 cases added to the schedule are classified
as follows:-
Increasing age of existing children 7
Family increased 3
Combined age advance and family increase -
Adjustment of "permitted number" allowed 1
Reatored to schedule 1
Total 15
Pera.itted Numbers. - A total of 222 visits were
paid by the District Sanitary Inspectors in o^nneution
with the Housing Act, 1936, as it rfilatpp to Pver'Mvwiiintr,
(e) General.
Mr.J.E.West, your Council's Housing Manager, kindly
contributed the following statement
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