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(7) The existence of any room which would in pursuance of Subsection
(7) of Section 17 of the Act of 1909 be a dwelling-house
so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation.
(8) Any defects in other matters which may tend to render the
dwelling-house dangerous or injurious to the health of an
inhabitant.
Article III.—Records of the inspection of dwelling-houses made under
and for the purposes of Sub-section (1) of Section 17 of the Act of 1909
shall be prepared under the direction and supervision of the Medical
Officer of Health, and shall be kept by the Officer of the local authority
making the inspection or by some other Officer appointed or employed for
the purpose by the local authority.
The records may be kept in a book or books or on separate sheots or
cards, and shall contain information, under appropriate headings, as to:—
1. The situation of the dwelling-house, and its name or number,
2. The name of the Officer who made the inspection,
3. The date when the dwelling-house was inspected,
4. The date of the last previous inspection and a reference to the
record thereof,
5. The state of the dwelling-house in regard to each of the matters
referred to in Article II. of these Regulations,
6. Any action taken by the Medical Officer of Health, or other
Officer of the local authority, either independently or on the
directions of the local authority,
7. The result of any action so taken,
8. Any further action which should be taken in respect of the
dwelling-house.
Article IV.—The local authority shall, as far as may be necessary,
take into consideration at each of their ordinary meetings the records
kept in pursuance of Article III. of these Regulations, and shall give all
such directions and take all such action within their powers as may be
necessary or desirable in regard to any dwelling-house to which the records
relate, and a note of any directions so given and the result of any action
taken shall be added to the records.
Article V.—The Medical Officer of Health shall include in his Annual
Report information and particulars in tabular form in regard to the num
ber of dwelling-houses inspected under and for the purposes of Section 17
of the Act of 1909, the number of dwelling-houses which on inspection
were considered to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to
be unfit for human habitation, the number of representations made to the