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Table 12.—Infected Rooms and Articles (dealt with by the Council).
Premises disinfected 27
Lots of bedding disinfected 22
,, „ destroyed 11
HOUSING
Table 13.—HOUSING INSPECTION FOR THE YEAR 1955
1. Unfit Houses.
Informal Action
Total number of inspections (including re-inspections)
made in respect of unsatisfactory housing conditions 965
Number of houses inspected in respect of unsatisfactory
living conditions, but where no repairs were required 92
Number of unfit or defective houses repaired during the
period as a result of informal action by the local
authority or officers under the Public Health or Housing
Acts 100
Action under Statutory Powers
Public Health Acts:
Number of houses in which defects were remedied after
service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners 14
(b) By local authority in default of owners Nil
Housing Act, 1936
Number of Houses made fit after service of formal notices
(Sections 9, 10, and 16):—
(a) By owners 10
(b) By local authority in default of owners Nil
No houses or parts of houses were closed or demolished under
the provisions of the Housing Acts during the year.
2. Overcrowding
The position with regard to statutory overcrowding has been
improved, owing to the special consideration which such cases receive
when the allocation of Corporation dwellings is being made.
(i) Number of inspections made to cases of alleged
overcrowding 7
(ii) Number of revisits Nil
(iii) Number of overcrowded families rehoused 13