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HOUSING STATISTICS
Total Number of Inhabited Houses—20,145
The total number of housing properties now owned by the
Council is 4,327 including 345 temporary dwellings.
About 160 cottage flats or bungalows have been built for old
people since the war.
During the year 32 flats and maisonettes were completed and
let. Altogether 96 families were rehoused from the waiting list
during 1961, leaving 1,130 families still on the waiting list at the end
of the year.
Rent Act, 1957
Sixteen applications were made for Certificates of Disrepair
during the year. In 12 cases undertakings were given by the various
landlords and in the remaining four cases certificates were issued.
Four certificates were cancelled during the year on application by
landlords, the works specified having been completed. In one case
cancellation was refused as the work had not been satisfactorily
completed.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD