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c. Number unfit and capable of being
rendered fit at reasonable expense —
d. Number unfit and not capable of being
rendered fit at reasonable expense 48
e. Dwellinghouses not included in (c) and
(d) in which defects found 279
2. Dwelling houses in which defects were
remedied in consequence of informal action 285
3. Action under statutory powers
a. Section 9 Housing Act 1957
Dwellings in respect of which notices served 1
Dwellings rendered fit by owners 1
Dwellings rendered fit by local authority —
b. Public Health Acts
Dwellings in respect of which notices served 74
Dwellings in which defects remedied by
owners 53
Dwellings in which defects remedied by
local authority —
c. Sections 16 17 24 27 and 28 Housing Act
1957
Undertakings to render fit accepted 2
Undertakings not to use accepted —
Dwellings rendered fit in consequence of
undertakings 1
Dwellings demolished which were subject to
undertakings not to use or to Closing Orders 16
Closing Orders made in breach of undertakings
to repair 2
Demolition Orders made in breach of undertakings
to repair —
Other Demolition Orders made 10
Dwellings demolished in pursuance of
Demolition Orders —
Closing Orders made in lieu of Demolition
Orders 7
Closing Orders revoked and Demolition
Orders substituted —
Clearance Orders revoked, premises having
been rendered fit 2
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 1
Closing Orders made in respect of underground
rooms 4
Closing Orders determined in respect of parts
of buildings rendered fit —
e. Section 43 Housing Act 1957
Clearance Areas
Dwellings subject to confirmed Clearance
Orders —
Dwellings subject to confirmed Compulsory
Purchase Orders —
Dwellings purchased by agreement —
Dwellings demolished 21
4. Overcrowding
1. a. Dwellings overcrowded at end of year 64
(b) Number of families therein 134
(c) Number of persons therein 546
2. New cases reported during the year 29
3. a. Cases relieved during the year 23
(b) Number of persons in 3 a 209
4. Dwellings re-overcrowded after steps
taken by local authority for abatement —
5. Other matters
a. Dwellings programmed for inspection
and demolished voluntarily 4
b. Dwellings demolished after issue of
certificate of unfitness —
Statutory
Notices Remedied
c. Section 90 Housing Act
1957 6 7
Section 15 Housing Act
1961 1 —
Section 16 Housing Act
1961 — 1
'The foregoing is on a prescribed form and refers
only to statutory procedures. It does not reveal
that 3,597 inspections and re-inspections were
made, many of them at dwellings in multiple
occupation and/or occupied by immigrant
persons and 3,872 items of disrepair were made
good as a result of informal action.
'The Director of Housing is kept informed of
adverse housing conditions and assistance is given
in assessing applications for rehousing where
priority on medical grounds is claimed.
'The Solicitor to the Council and the Valuation
and Estates Officer are advised on conditions
found upon inspection of dwellings subject to
applications for mortgage or repairs loans or
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