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HOUSING
HOUSING ACT 1957
Action as set out hereunder was taken under the relevant provisions of
the Housing Act, 1957:-
PART II
(Provisions for securing the repair, maintenance and
„ sanitary conditions of houses)
SECTION 17 '
Demolition Orders made 3
Houses demolished Nil
Closing Orders made 3
Undertakings not to use l
SECTION 18
Closing Orders made (including 46 individual underground rooms) 61
Undertakings to make fit for human habitation 5
Undertakings cancelled (Rooms made fit) 5
SECTION 27
Closing Orders determined (Whole house) 1
Closing Orders determined (Parts of buildings) 14
Legal proceedings were taken in respect of contraventions of Closing
Orders at two premises.

PART IV
(Abatement of overcrowding)
SECTION 86 (Duty of medical officers to furnish particulars of overcrowding).
As a result of the movement in population over the last few years, the
Department s Register of overcrowding on the standard laid down by Part IV of
the Housing Act, 1957 no longer gives a true picture of the extent of statutory
overcrowding in the Borough, and following the coming into operation of the
1961 Housing Act, the attention has been directed to those houses in multiple
occupation where there is overcrowding on an amenity basis. Particulars of
the action taken under this latter Act are given on page 20.
PART V
(Provision of Housing Accommodation)
New Dwellings completed by the Borough Council in 1964 131
New Dwellings under construction at the end of the year 290
Number of temporary hutments and bungalows remaining in use at the end
of the year 112
Number of family units in property purchased by the Borough Council 2,510
Number of new dwellings completed by the London County Council 208
Number of units under construction at the end of the year 70