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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
A Sub-Committee of the Public Health Committee inspected
198 houses in various parts of the Borough, and of these 62 were
reported to the Council for closing orders to be made. In the
remaining 136 notices were served under the Public Health Act for
various defects and these notices were all complied with.
VII.—APPENDICES.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
complaints were made that they are unfit for
human habitation Nil.
(2) Action under Section 17 of the Housing Act of 1909—
(a) Number of dwelling-houses inspected under
and for the purpose of the section 198
(b) Number of dwelling-houses which were
sidered to be unfit for human habitation 62
(c) Number of dwelling-houses the defects in
which were remedied without the making
of closing orders 136
(3) Action under Section 28 of the Housing Act, 1919—
(a) Number of orders for repairs issued Nil.
(b) Number of cases in which repairs carried out
by the local authority Nil.
(c) Number of dwelling-houses voluntarily closed
on notice by owner that they could not
be made fit without reconstruction Nil.
(4) Closing Orders—
(a) Number of representations made to the local
authority with a view to the making of
closing orders 1
(b) Number of closing orders made 62