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(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects
were remedied after service of formal
notices:
(a) By owners 187
(b) By local authority in default of owners Nil
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 Nil
(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
4. Housing Act, 1936.—Part IV.—Overcrowding:—
(a) (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the
end of the year 83
(2) Number of families dwelling therein 135
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein 650
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported
during the year 2
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved
during the year 7
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases 46½
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwellinghouses
have again become overcrowded
after the local authority have taken steps
for the abatement of overcrowding Nil
On 31st December, 1938, the two hundred and fourteen
cases of overcrowding found at the original survey had been
reduced to eighty-three. This was effected by overcrowded
families obtaining additional accommodation in their present
dwellings, by removing to available empty houses, or by the
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