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(d) Proceedings under vSeetion 20 of the Housing Act, 1930 :
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect
of which Closing Orders were made 0
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect
of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or
room having been rendered fit 0
4. Housing Act, 1935.— Overcrowding—
(a) (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year *208
(2) Number of families dwelling therein †211
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein ††l479
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year 50
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases
(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:
During the year no executive measures were taken by the local authority
for the abatement of overcrowding in specific instances, but since the
advent of the appointed day under the Housing Act, 1930 (1st January,
1937), certain cases were dealt with early in 1937.
(e) Any other particulars with respect to overcrowding conditions upon
which the Medical Officer of Health may consider it desirable to report :
My report to the Council on the overcrowding survey is printed as
Appendix D.
Clearance Areas.
No action was taken with regard to fresh clearance areas during the
year. In the early part of the year the remainder of the tenants displaced
from the three original clearance areas and from individual unfit houses were
placed in houses in Allenby Road.
Individual Unfit Houses.
During the year no houses were represented as being unfit and incapable
at reasonable expense of being rendered fit for human habitation.
* This number is made up of 159 dwellings found to be overcrowded as a result of the
original survey, plus 50 new cases reported during 1936. It is known that one of the 159 had
ceased to be overcrowded, but no survey has been made of the rest.
† This figure is made up of the number of families found in the 158 houses, plus the number
of families found in the 50 new houses.
†† This number is made up of the number of persons found in the 158 houses, plus the
number of persons found in the 50 new cases.
All these figures are undoubtedly in excess of the true figures which, however, cannot be
ascertained without an ad hoc inspection of the 158 houses originally found to be overcrowded
in order to find out the present position.
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