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2.—UNFIT DWELLING-HOUSES.
I.—INSPECTION.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects
(under Public Health or Housing Acts) 900§
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded
under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 nil||
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous
or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation nil
(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 685
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 V
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 nil
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit—
(a) by owners nil
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners nil
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing
Orders became operative in pursuance of declarations by
owners of intention to close nil
B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were
served requiring defects to be remedied 685
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied: —
(a) by owners 685
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners nil
C. Proceedings under Sections 17 and 18 of the Housing, Town
Planning, etc. Act, 1919: —
(1) Number of representations made with a view to the making
of Closing Orders nil
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing
Orders were made nil
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing
Orders were determined, the dwelling-houses having been
rendered fit nil
(4) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition
Orders were made nil
(5) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of
Demolition Orders nil
§ Practically all these houses were tenement houses containing a number of tenements.
A11 the more insanitary houses are always annually inspected, although none last year
were formally recorded under the above Regulations.