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SECTION 78 (Offences in relation to overcrowding). No statutory action was taken
under this section in respect of any dwelling reported to be overcrowded,
but in all cases where overcrowding was discovered, apart from any recommendation
for rehousing which was sent to the appropriate housing authority, a
summary of the appropriate provisions of the Act, together with the permitted
number for the dwelling, was sent to the landlord with a warning to the effect
that when the present occupants were rehoused he must not permit the dwelling
again to become overcrowded.
SECTION 86 (Duty of medical officers to furnish particulars of overcrowding)
. The following is a summary of the position as recorded in the department
with regard to overcrowding during and at the end of the year:-
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year 793
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 1,245
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 5,136
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year 49
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year 41
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 171
(iii) Number of families rehoused by the London County Council 11
(iv) Number of families rehoused by the Borough Council 26
(v) Number of families finding other accommodation 4
(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 Nil
SECTION 90 (Overcrowding in houses let in lodgings). Two notices were
served under this section, both of which were complied with without recourse to
legal proceedings.
The following is a summary of the action taken under the Housing Act,
1957:-
SECTION 17
Demolition Orders made Nil
Houses demolished 4
Closing Orders made 11
SECTION 18
Closing Orders made (Underground Rooms)37
Undertaking to make fit for human habitation 1
Undertakings cancelled 4
Closing Orders made (Parts of Premises)6
SECTION 24
Demolition of houses deferred to permit execution of works 3
Demolition Orders revoked 2
SECTION 27
Closing Orders determined (Houses) 2
Closing Orders determined (Parts of premises)3
SECTION 36
Notices served 4
Notices complied with 2
SECTION 90
Notices served 2
Notices complied with 2