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Unfit Dwelling-Houses.
Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 2,820
Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded
under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations,
1910, or the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 794
Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous
or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation 17
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 1,724
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 1,444
Action under Statutory Powers.
(a) Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town
Planning, &c., Act, 1919, and Sec. 3 of the Housing
Act, 1925
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring repairs 228
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered
fit—
By owners 197
By Local Authority in default of Owners 8
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
Closing Orders became operative in pursuance
of declarations by owners of intention to close —