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"The numbers visited show a considerable reduction from the previous year
(1,076), mainly due to the fact that whereas, previously, overcrowding was
assessed by us, the standard which has taken its place, namely bedroom
deficiency, is assessed by the Housing department.
Housing Act, 1936
Repair of houses (sections 9 and 10)
Under section 9 of the Housing Act, 1936, a local authority if
satisfied upon consideration of an official representation, or a report
from any of their officers, or other information, that any house is in
any respect unfit for human habitation, shall, unless satisfied that it is
not capable at a reasonable expense of being rendered so fit, serve
upon the person having control of the house a notice requiring him
within a reasonable time to execute the works specified in the notice
and stating that in the opinion of the authority those works will render
the house fit for habitation. In determining whether a house can be
rendered fit for human habitation at a reasonable expense, regard is
had to the estimated cost of the works necessary to render it so fit and
the value which it is estimated the house will have when the works are
completed.
Section 10 of the Act allows the local authority to do the work
required by the notice themselves if the notice has not been complied
with. The expenses incurred by the local authority in executing such
works are recoverable from the person having control of the house.
During the year 42 informal and 17 formal notices were served.
42 properties were repaired by the owners after service of notices and
3 properties were repaired by the Council under section 10 in default
of the owners.