[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough.

  • Eastbourne (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    gramme for dealing with seriously unfit houses. These Orders, involving 19 houses, were confirmed by the Minister and in one area demolition was complete by the end of the year, all the occupants having been re-housed. The tables which follow give the totals of the quarterly reports submitted to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government as to action taken in 1955, together with information as to applications for improvement grants, certificates of disrepair, etc. HOUSING ACTS, 1936 TO 1952 AND HOUSING REPAIRS AND RENTS ACT, 1954 CLEARANCE AREAS Number of Dwellinghouses demolished in the period Number of Persons Displaced Unfit Houses Other Houses (1) Land coloured pink and pink hatched yellow .. 1 19 (2) Land coloured grey — — — HOUSES NOT INCLUDED IN CLEARANCE AREAS Number of Houses demolished or closed in the period Houses Persons displaced (1) Housing Act, 1936 (a) Demolished as a result of formal or in- formal procedure (Section 11) 3 11 (b) Closed in pursuance of an undertaking given by owners under Section 11 and still in force .. (c) Parts of building closed (Section 12) — — (2) Housing Act, 1949 Closed as a result of closing orders under Sections 3 (1) and 3 (2) (3) Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953 Closed as a result of closing orders under Sections 10(1) and 11(2) REPAIRS in the period (4) Unfit houses rendered fit and houses in which defects were remedied during the period as a result of informal action by the local authority under the Housing or Public Health Acts (5) Public Health Acts—action after service of formal notice : (a) By owners (b) By local authority in default of owners (6) Housing Act, 1936—action after service of formal notice : (Sections 9, 10, 11 and 16) Houses made fit (a) By owners (b) By local authority in default of owners (7) Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954. Houses reconstructed, enlarged or improved and Demolition Orders revoked (Section 5) Number of Houses 140 6 4 2