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SECTION 9.
HOUSING.
As mentioned in the previous Report, a Contract was entered
into with the Guild of Builders (London), Ltd., for the erection of
164 houses on the No. 2 Section of the Council's Housing Site at
Charlton, and 26 on the East Mascalls Site at Charlton Road. At
the commencement of the period covered by this Report, 55 houses
had been completed under the Contract, and subsequently and
before the 31st December, 1922, the whole of the houses were
completed and occupied. Twenty-four further houses were
erected in Pound Park Road which, with 18 houses erected in
Kinveachy Gardens under the first building Contract and the
houses converted into tenements last year, makes a total accommodation
up to 31st December, 1922, for 282 families. A further
Contract has been entered into with Messrs. Roberts (Birmingham),
Ltd., to erect 80 houses on the No. 4 Section of the Council's Housing
Site.
HOUSING RETURN, 1922.
Number of new houses erected during the year :—
(a) Total 164
(b) As part of a Municipal Housing Scheme 159
1.—Unfit Dwelling-houses.
Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 2,450
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations, 1910 No figures available
(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 re-
ferred to under the preceding sub-heading) found
not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human
habitation 1,739
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 429