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Housing.
Number of new houses erected during the year:-
(a.) Total 39
(b.) By the Local Authority
1. Unfit Dwelling-houses:—
Inspection— (1.) Total number of Dwelling-houses inspected
for housing delects (under Public Health or Housing
Acts) 1902
(2.) Number of Dwelling-houses which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations, 1910
(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 tit for human habitation 981
2. 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 53
3. 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 4
(2.) Number of Dwelling-houses which were rendered
fit:—
(a.) By owners 4
(b.) By Local Authority in default of owners -
(3.) Number of Dwelling-houses in respect of which
Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of
declarations by owners of intention to close -
B. — Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1.) Number of Dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be remedied 928
(2.) Number of Dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied:—
(a.) By owners 981
(b.) By Local Authority in default of owners —
C. — Proceedings under Sections 17 and 18 of the Housing,
Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909 None
The Staff engaged on housing work in 1922 consisted of 3 Sanitary
Inspectors, each carrying out all the duties of a Sanitary Inspector in
the district allocated to him.
Rats and Mice Destruction Act, 1919,
The small area, including many business premises, mentioned in
the Annual Report for 1922, as haying been much infested with black
and grey rats, is now reported as nearly free from these vermin. There