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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 -
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
determined, the tenement or room having been
rendered fit -
Housing Act, 1936.—Part IV—Overcrowding.
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of
the year 469
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 469
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 3,239
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported
during the year 10
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during
the year 206
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 1,300
In the survey of 40,644 families carried out in 1935, 1,322 families
were found to be overcrowded, and 1,483 families were just above the
overcrowding standard. In 1937, these overcrowded and border-line
families were reviewed, and it was found that 86 of the border-line cases
had become overcrowded, owing to increase in age of the members of
these families; but 743 of the 1,322 cases had ceased to be overcrowded.
A further review in 1938 of the remaining 665 overcrowded families
revealed that 206 cases had ceased to be overcrowded. 10 new cases
were reported during the year, and there are now 469 overcrowded cases on the register.
The percentage of overcrowding in the district is 1.15,
distributed as follows:—