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(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported
during the year 10
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved 23
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases
(i.e. Equivalent number of adults) 125
(d) Particulars of any case In which dwelling houses
have again become overcrowded after the local
authority have taken steps for the abatement
of overcrowding Nil
These figures are Dased on tne Known cases of statutory
overcrowding, and are obtained from cases discovered during
routine inspections of dwellings, applications made for Council
housing accommodation, and on information received in the
Department, all of which have been checked by your Inspectoral
Staff at the year end.
During the year 241 visits were made to dwelling-houses In
respect of overcrowding enquiries and permitted number of
occupants.
The 23 cases of overcrowding abated were relieved by the
following means:-
(a) Rehoused by the Borough Council 6
(b) Reduction in the number of occupants 6
(c) Other accommodation obtained on own initiative 11
RENT ACT, 1957
This Act came Into operation on the 6th July 1957 and
applies primarily to privately owned property let unfurnished as
separate dwellings, but it also affects furnished lettlngs.
The main effect of the Act was to free from rent control
houses and flats with rateable values exceeding £40 In the
Metropolitan Police District, and the City of London, or over
£30 elsewhere in England and Wales, and to allow limited
increases in the rents of houses and flats still under rent
control. The Act has the general objective of enabling rented
properties to be put in repair - of increasing the total stock
of rented accommodation, and of securing a better use of existing
housing accommodation.
The following summary shews the number of applications
received for 'Certificates of Disrepair' and for the cancellation
thereof during the period 6th July 1957 to 31st December 1959:-
17