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(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices: —
(a) By owners 27
(b) By local authority in default of owners —
4. Housing Act 1936. Part IV—(Overcrowding).
(a) (1) Number of dwelling houses overcrowded at the end of
year 72
(2) Number of families dwelling therein 72
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein 510
(b) Number of new cases reported during the year 23
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the
year 24
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases 165
(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 and Demolition.
Action of this nature, for obvious reasons, remains suspended.
Overcrowding.
As the inevitable result of growing housing shortage, the amount
of overcrowding steadily increased. Accurate statistics as to the
extent of this condition are not available, since only those dwellings
which are found to be overcrowded during visits for other purposes
are recorded. Hence the figures here quoted do not give a complete
picture of the position and there is ample evidence for the belief
that the trouble is very much greater than the number of recorded
cases indicates. In this connection it should be noted that the
applications for tenancies received by the Council now number
approximately 1,500.