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(d) 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 —
4. Housing Act, 1936, Part IV—(Overcrowding).
(a) (1) Number of dwelling houses overcrowded at end of year 60
(2) Number of families dwelling therein 60
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein 415½
(b) Number of new cases reported during the year 31
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the
year 50
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases 338½
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling houses have
again become overcrowded after the local authority
have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding
—
Slum Clearance.
The tenants displaced from Clearance Area No. 6—West Street
were re-housed, though the buildings have not yet been demolished.
To date, six Clearance Schemes have been carried out since 1930,
involving the re-housing of 481 persons. During the year five
individual houses, displacing 14 persons, were demolished by formal
procedure, and 16 houses, displacing a further 50 persons, were
demolished informally in anticipation of formal procedure.
Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding.
At the beginning of the year there were 562 equivalent adults,
comprising 79 families, living under overcrowded conditions as defined
by the Housing Acts. By the end of 1939, after allowing for new cases
and abatement of existing cases, there was a- net reduction in the
number of 19 families, representing 146J equivalent adults.
The
reduction was as follows:—
Overcrowded
at
31.12.38
Found
overcrowded
during
1939
Decrowded
during
1939
Remaining
overcrowded
at
31.12.39
Net reduction
during
year.
Families
79
31
50
60
19
Equivalent Adults
562
192
338½
415½
146½
Six of the new cases were illegal and two were outstanding at the
end of the year.
The 50 cases abated were decrowded as follows:—
Provision of alternative accommodation:—
(a) By Carshalton Council 16
(b) By London County Council 12
Left the district 1
By removal of one or more occupants 15
By the families themselves securing alternative
accommodation 6
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