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SECTION 'D'
HOUSING.
The following statistics have been supplied to me by the
Borough Engineer:-
Number of new houses etc., erected during the year 1939:-
(1) Total number of new houses and flats erected within
the Borough 41
(2) Number of new houses erected by the Local Authority
with State assistance under the Housing Acts;
(a) within the Borough (included in (1) above) 8
(b) Outside the Borough area Nil
N.B. - The Council have a Differential Rent Scheme in operation
whereby necessitous cases are enabled to enjoy a lower rental than
the normal during periods of unemployment or other distress.
Appended is a tabular statement of the work carried out under
the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1925, From this
it will beseem that 509 houses were inspected under the abovementioned
Regulations during the year.
HOUSING ACT, 1936.
Dealing with the progress made with the putting into effect of
the scheme prepared by the Council and submitted to the Ministry of
Health in connection with "Slum Clearance," etc., as required by
the provisions of the Housing Act, 1930 (now incorporated in the
above-mentioned Act), the following summary sets out the actual
position at the end of 1939:-
(a) Number of Clearance Orders (including. Compulsory Purchase
Orders) made by the Borough Council and confirmed or awaiting
confirmation by the Minister of Health 35
(b) Number of houses actually demolished in Clearance Areas 268
(c) Number of houses where Clearance Orders have been confirmed
but houses not yet demolished -
(d) Number of individual houses demolished under Demolition
Orders 8
(e) Number of houses whore Demolition Orders have been made
but houses not yet demolished -
*(f) Number of houses demolished by owners in anticipation
of action by the LLocal Authority 31
*(g) Number of houses scheduled for demolition, but where
official action is still to be taken 34
*This number is likely to be augmented considerably as
and when the Council are in a position to re-house the
displaced tenants.
The following Table is a copy of the Quarterly Return
(Form H.256) to the Ministry of Health and sets out the work.
under the Housing Act, 1930, and the corresponding provisions in the
Housing Act, 1936, from its commencement to the end of 1939. The
figures referred to in the above summary, however, are not clearly
reflected therein, as only such figures are included as relate to
completed transactions under the Act,