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3. Action under Statutory Powers during the Year :—
A. Proceedings under Sections 17, 18 and 23 of the. Housing Act, 1930 :—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring
repairs 23
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal
notices :- .
(a) By owners 17
(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 6
(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 35
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders 83
(3) Number of dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of undertaking given
by owner 2
(4) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which undertaking from owners
accepted, not to re-let houses for human habitation 10
P. 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 —
E. Housing Act, 1935.—Overcrowding :—
(1) (a) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year 353
(b) Number of families dwelling therein 353
(c) Number of persons dwelling therein 2005
(2) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year 374
(3) (a) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year 21
(b) Number of persons concerned in such cases 137
(4) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling-houses have again become
crowded after the Local Authority have taken steps for the abatement
of overcrowding —
F. Other matters :—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses demolished voluntarily 30
3. RE DEVELOPMENT AREA.
Area declared to be a proposed re-development area within the meaning of the
Housing Act, 1935 1
Dwelling-houses represented as unfit for human habitation prior to the passing of the
Housing Act, 1930.
There is only one house outstanding under this heading—No. 15, South Street, Isleworth,
which was represented as unfit for human habitation in January, 1915, and a Closing Order made
in April of the same year. A Demolition Order was made on the 23rd November, 1915, but
demolition has been deferred pending the widening of the street by the County Council to whom
the property belongs.
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