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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) 9,687
(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 46
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under
the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all respects reasonably
lit for human habitition 7,265
II. *Remedy of Defeats without Service of formal Notices.
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of
informal action by the Local Authority or their officers —
III. Action under Statutory Fowers.
(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 13
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit —
(a) By owners 13
(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
(6) Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served
requiring defects to be remedied 3,134
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied:—
(a) By owners All
(A) By Local Authority in default of owners Nil
(c) Proceedings under Sections 17 and 18 of the Housing, Town
Planning, etc., Act, 1909.
(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
3. Unhealthy Areas.
Areas represented to the Local Authority with a view to Improvement
Schemes under (a) Part I., or (b) Part II., of the Act of 1890: —
(1) Name of area —
(2) Acreage —
(3) Number of working-class houses in area —
(4) Number of working-class persons to be displaced —
4. —Number of houses not complying with the building bye-laws erected
with consent of Local Authority under Section 25 of the Housing, Town
Planning, etc., Act, 1919 -
5.—Staff engaged on housing work with, briefly, the duties of each
officer -
This work is carried out, along with their other duties, by the Sanitary
Inspectors.
* If by formal notice is meant statutory notice, there were 4,172 premises dealt
with in the terms of this enquiry.