[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Northampton County Borough.

Housing (continued) (4) Number of dwellinghouses in respect of which Closing Orders were substituted for Demolition Orders . o (5) Number of dwellinghouses in respect of which Undertakings to repair were accepted ...... 0 C.—Proceedings under Section 18 of the Housing Act, 1957 (1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made 0 (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit . o 4 —Housing Act, 1957.—Part IV.—Overcrowding. A. —(1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year... 8 (2) Number of persons dwelling therein . 53 f B. —Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year . 6 C. —(1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year . 9 (2) Number of persons concerned in such cases . 65 f D. —Particulars of any cases in which dwellinghouses have again become overcrowded after the Local Authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding . Nil E. —Any other particulars with respect to overcrowding conditions upon which the Medical Officer of Health may consider it desirable to report . + f Equivalent number of units = 47| and 52£ respectively. J See paragraph on “ Overcrowding ” on page 37. Other Housing Matters. Reference should be made to Section III. “ Sanitary Circumstances ” for other information bearing on housing. The estimated number of inhabited dwellings in the County Borough on 31st December, 1960, was 34,918. For a population of 101,180 this is equivalent to an average of 2-9 persons per dwelling. It is recorded that 2,272 questionnaires were answered for the Town Clerk’s Department under the Land Charges Act, 1925.