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(d) Proceedings under Section 16 of the Housing Act, 1957
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms
in respect of which Closing Orders were made 11
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms
in respect of which Closing Orders were determined,
the tenement or room having been rendered
fit Nil
4. Housing Act, 1957 - Overcrowding
(a) (1) Number of dwellinghouses known to be overcrowded
at end of year under review 47
(2) Number of families dwelling therein 56
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein 313
(b) (1) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported
during the year 11
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases . 63
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during
the year 34
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases 152
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwellinghouses
have again become overcrowded after the Local
Authority have taken steps for the abatement of
overcrowding Nil
Statement of (a) Rebuilt (War damage) and
(b) New Dwellings erected by the Borough Council
and Private Enterprise during 1961