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Remedy of defects without formal notices
Dwellings rendered fit in consequence of
informal action 220
Action under statutory powers
a. Section 9 Housing Act 1957
Dwellings in respect of which notices served 2
Dwellings rendered fit by owners
Dwellings rendered fit by local authority
b. Public Health Acts
Dwellings in respect of which notices served 63
Dwellings in which defects remedied by owners 40
Dwellings in which defects remedied by local
authority 8
c. Sections 16, 17, 24, 27 and 28 Housing Act
1957
Undertakings to render fit accepted 3
Undertakings not to use accepted 2
Dwellings rendered fit in consequence of
undertakings
Dwellings demolished which were subject to
undertakings not to use, or to Closing Orders 2
Closing Orders made in breach of
undertakings to repair
Demolition Orders made in breach of
unfit to repair
Demolition Orders made 3
Dwellings demolished in pursuance of
Demolition Orders 5
Closing Orders made in lieu of
Demolition Orders 5
Closing Orders revoked and Demolition
Orders substituted
Demolition Orders revoked, dwellings having
been rendered fit
Closing Orders determined, dwellings having
been rendered fit 2
d. Section 18 and 27 Housing Act 1957
Closing Orders made in respect of parts of
buildings 3
Closing Orders made in respect of underground
rooms
Closing Orders determined in respect of
parts of buildings rendered fit
e. Section 43 Housing Act 1957
continued
Clearance Areas
Dwellings subject to confirmed Clearance
Orders
Dwellings subject to confirmed Compulsory
Purchase Orders 35
Dwellings purchased by agreement
Dwellings demolished 8
Housing Act 1957-Overcrowding
a. Number of dwellings overcrowded at the
end of the year 57
Number of families dwelling therein 109
Number of persons dwelling therein 448
b. Number of new cases of overcrowding
reported during the year 63
c. Number of cases of overcrowding relieved 38
Number of persons concerned in such cases 317
d. Particulars of any case in which dwellinghouses
have again become overcrowded after
the Local Authority have taken steps for the
abatement of overcrowding
Other matters
Dwellings programmed for inspection and
demolished voluntarily 5
Dwellings demolished after issue of
certificate of unfitness -
Section 90 Housing Act 1957—Notices served 24
— Remedied 7
Section 15 Housing Act 1961—Notices served 9
Section 16 Housing Act 1961—Notices served 2
Section 19 Housing Act 1964—Notices served 1
The foregoing table is in a prescribed form and
does not adequately reflect the mass of work involved.
4,910 inspections and re-inspections, 826
of them at houses in multiple occupation, often
outside normal hours, were necessary, and voluminous
paper work is inescapable.
Legal proceedings against the owner of one
house for contravening Section 90 of the Housing
Act 1957 resulted in a fine of £10 and £5 5 Od
costs, and further proceedings six months later
for failure to abate the overcrowding resulted in a
further fine of £15 and £5 5 Od costs. The house
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