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Seven undertakings were accepted from owners not to re-let houses for human
habitation.
(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 11
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
determined, the tenement or room having been
rendered fit —
Thirty Closing Orders in respect of 39 underground rooms were in operation
at the end of the year. Ten undertakings affecting 14 rooms were accepted from
owners not to re-let underground rooms for human habitation, and one such undertaking
was accepted as regards a part of a workshop which had been partitioned off
and was being used as a living and sleeping apartment. The number of such undertakings
remaining in operation at the end of the year was 49 (55 underground rooms
and a part of a workshop).
4. Housing Act, 1936.—Overcrowding:—
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of
the year 2,186
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 2,186
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 11,020
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during
the year 504
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during
the year 793
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 3,970
(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 —
SMALL DWELLINGS ACQUISITION ACTS, 1899-1923.
The total cases where advances have been made by the Borough Council to
31st December, 1937, amount to 536, of which 4 were granted during the year.