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(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 –
(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 3
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 3
3. Action under statutory powers during the year:—
(a) Proceedings under Sections 9, 10 and 16 of the Housing Act, 1936:—
(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 175
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after
service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners 21
(b) By local authority in default of owners –
(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 –
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of
tion Orders –
(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 –
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect
of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement room
having been rendered fit –
4. Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding:—
(a) (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year
(2) Number of families dwelling therein
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year
2) Number of persons concerned in such cases
(d) Particulars of any case in which dwelling-houses have again become
overcrowded after the local authority have taken steps for the abatement
of overcrowding
*
–
* Owing to the stress of civil defence work and to the rapid changes in the population due to
the influx of refugees and evacuees, and the migration of Southall residents it has been impossible
for the Sanitary Inspection staff to cope with overcrowding.
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