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(iii) Action under Statutory Powers during the Year:—
During 1939 no proceedings were taken under any of the following
Statutory Powers:—
(a)—Sec. 9, 10 and 16, Housing Act, 1936.—(Repair of dwellinghouses).
(b)—Public Health Acts—(Remedy of defective conditions in
dwelling-houses).
(c)—Sec. 11 and 13, Housing Act, 1936—(Demolition Orders).
(d)—Sec. 12, Housing Act, 1936—(Closing Orders, underground
rooms).
4. Housing Act, 1936—Part IV—Overcrowding.
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of
the year 18
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 18
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 103
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported
during the year 4
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved
during the year 23
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 115
(2) HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Inspection of dwelling-houses and remedy of defects.
Considering the abnormal conditions due to the war the number
of dwelling-houses inspected during 1939, though fewer, compares
favourably with the number inspected in previous years (597 in 1939
contrasted with 681 in 1938). House-to-house inspection under
Housing Consolidated Regulations had to be curtailed towards the
end of 1939, and work restricted to remedying of defective conditions
in dwelling-houses discovered in the course of other work, or on
complaints.
The number of dwelling-houses found defective was 406 as
against 488 in 1938, and the number of houses rendered fit 322
contrasted with 389 in 1938. Remedy of defects was obtained in all
cases by informal action.
During the year no dwelling-house was found to be in a state
so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation.
Slum Clearance.
Fortunately all the ten Clearance Areas included in the fiveyear
slum clearance programme had been dealt with before the