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78 Environmental Health
Below is a table showing progress during the year.
Clearance Areas
(I) Reported during the year
1. Number of Areas 16
2. Houses unfit for human habitation 55
3. Houses included by reason of bad arrangement, etc. —
4. Houses on land to be acquired under Section 43(2) 4
5. Number of people to be displaced (a) individuals 117
(b) families 49
(2) Action taken during the year
1. Houses demolished by Local Authorities or owners
(a) unfit 4
(b) others —
2. Unfit houses purchased by Local Authority and demolished 5
3. Number of people displaced (a) individuals 60
(b) families 26
MULTIPLE OCCUPATION
Multiple occupation is still a problem. During the year the Council's policy to control the problem
was implemented. Direction Orders have been served, where applicable, on the 3 and 4 bedroomed
type of dwellings found in multiple occupation, and facilities, as required by Section 15 of the Housing
Act, 1961, have been requested in those houses where it has been appropriate to require them. In
addition, when fire precautions are needed, the Building Control Section of the Engineer and Surveyor's
Department makes recommendations to ensure compliance with Section 16 of the Housing Act, 1961.
This requires houses in multiple occupation to be provided with proper means of escape in case of fire.
The forwarding of addresses of long-stay immigrants arriving in this country is of some assistance
as a means of controlling multiple occupation. These persons are visited at the addresses given, and when
multiple occupation is discovered, the necessary measures are put into operation.
The number of houses known to be in multiple occupation is slightly less than last year, although
34 new cases were discovered, which required Direction Orders. The reason is because quite a number
of houses previously in multiple occupation have, since the service of Direction Orders, reverted to
single family occupation.
Requisitions for Information are still sent out at intervals of four months to occupiers of houses on
which Direction Orders have been served and re-inspections are made to verify the information given.
During the year three contraventions were discovered, which resulted in prosecutions in the Magistrates
Court.
Houses in Multiple Occupation
1. Known number of houses in multiple occupation 201
2. Number of houses on which Notices of Intention have been served for
(a) Management Orders (Section 12) —
(b) Directions on overcrowding (Section 19) 34
3. Number of houses on which have been made:
(a) Management Orders —
(b) Directions on overcrowding 34