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Environmental Health
Number of: 1. Undertakings accepted (Section 16) —
2. Closing Orders made (Section 17) 10
3. Demolition Orders made (Section 17) 13
4. Closing Orders made (rooms) (Section 18) 3
5. Closing Orders determined (Section 27) 1
6. Closing Orders revoked and Demolition Orders
substituted (Section 28) —
7. Houses demolished following Demolition Orders 12
8. Number of people displaced (a) individuals 62
(b) families 25
Clearance Areas and Individual Unfit Dwellings
On 1st April 1965, the Slum Clearance Programme of the four constituent Authorities comprised
151 dwellings. Some of the tenants of these dwellings have not yet been rehoused and therefore not
all of the dwellings are yet demolished. Even so the full programme has been dealt with as far as
possible and other properties found unfit have been dealt with.

(1) Clearance Areas represented during the year
1. Number of Areas 5
2. Houses unfit for human habitation 20
3. Houses included by reason of bad arrangement, etc. —
4. Houses on land acquired under Section 43(2) —
5. Number of people displaced (a) individuals 23
(b) families 20
(2) Action taken during the year
1. Houses demolished by Local Authorities or owners
(a) unfit 17
(b) others —
2. Number of people displaced (a) individuals 77
(b) families 33
It is now true to say that Hillingdon has no slum clearance problem and the unfit dwellings that
occasionally have to be dealt with are due to wastage each year. It is estimated that approximately