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HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Statistics.
Year ended 31st December, 1920.
1.—GENERAL.
(1) Estimated population 62,311
(2) General death-rate 8.9
(3) Death-rate from tuberculosis .72
(4) Infantile Mortality 62
(5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes 11,976
(6) Number of working-class dwelling-houses
(approximate) 8,757
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected
2.—UNFIT DWELLING-HOUSES.
I.—Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or Housing
Acts) 1,540
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing (Inspection
of District) Regulations, 1910 544
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state
so dangerous' or injurious to health as to be
unfit for human habitation —
(41 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 1,452
II.—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 1,365
III.—Action under Statutory Powers.
(a) Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing,
Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919: —
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring repairs —
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were
dered fit—
(a) By owners -
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners —
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