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1. Unfit Dwelling-houses:—
Inspection—(1.) Total number of Dwelling-houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing
Acts) 1014
(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 fit for human habitation 986
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 —
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 38
(2.) Number of Dwelling-houses which were rendered fit:—
(a.) By owners 38
(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 986
(2.) Number of Dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied :—
(a.) By owners 986
(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 4 Sanitary
Inspectors, each carrying out all the duties of a Sanitary Inspector in
the district allocated to him.
Rats and Mice Destruction Act, 1919.
In July, 1922, complaint was received from a house forming one of
a considerable block of buildings in the Northern portion of the Borough,
that there was a serious rat infestation in this house and on adjoining
premises. An inspection of the premises was made, and in reporting to
the Public Health Committee, it was considered advisable to secure the
services of Mr. C. L. Claremont, B.Sc., F.I.C., a Rat expert, to investigate
and report.
Mr. Claremont's report showed that there was a serious infestation of
some of the premises comprised in this Block, the species of rat concerned
being the black and grey rat, which are varieties of the Indian Black