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The total number of visits of all kinds paid by Inspectors
during the year was 3,748.
Notices served—Statutory, 10; Informal 421.
Number of houses and other premises disinfected 193.
Batches of bedding, etc., disinfected 158.
G(3). Housing Inspections.
G(3)a. Number of New Houses erected during the year.
(1) By the Local Authority –
(2) By other Local Authorities
(3) By other bodies or persons 872
G(3)b. Inspection of Dwelling Houses.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or Housing
Acts) 491
Number of Inspections made 1976
(2) Number of dwelling-houses (included under the
preceding heading) which were inspected and recorded
under the Housing Consolidated Regulations
1925 145
Number of Inspections made 422
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state
so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit
for human habitation –
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those
referred to under the preceding sub-heading)
found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for
human habitation 491
G(3)c. Remedy of Defects without Service of Formal
Notices.
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in
consequence of informal action by the Local Authority
or their officers 475
G(3)d. Action under Statutory Powers.
(a) Proceedings under Section 9, 10 and 16 of the
Housing Act, 1936.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring repairs 7
(2) Number of dwelling houses which were rendered
fit after service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners 7
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners –