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(E) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936:
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing
Orders were made 1
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing
Orders were determined, the tenement or
room having been rendered fit —
(F) Housing Act, 1925:
Three dwelling-houses, in respect of which Demolition
Orders were served under the Housing Act, 1925,
were demolished.
Housing Act, 1936.—Part IV—Overcrowding.
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end
of the year 665
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 665
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 4,472
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported
during the year 86
(c) (i) Number of oases of overcrowding relieved
during the year 655
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 4,062
Overcrowding Survey.
In the Survey carried out in 1935, 1,322 families or 3.2 percent.
of the 40,644 families surveyed were found to be overcrowded and
1,483 were just above the overcrowding standard.
In the closing months of 1937 a review was made of the 1,322
overcrowded families and the 1,483 that were just outside the overcrowding
standard, when it was found that 743 of the 1,322 oases had