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APPENDIX T.
HOUSING, TOWN PLANNING, ETC., ACT, 1909.
Summary of Results of House-to-House Inspections
for the year 1915.
Number of houses inspected 384
Number of empty houses 1
Number of houses where defects were found and
where notices were required 261
Number of houses where no defects were found 122
Number of houses where overcrowding was found 2
Number of houses so unfit for human habitation as
to be suitable for Closing Order under Section
17, Housing and Town Planning, etc., Act —
Number of houses so defective as to be suitable for
dealing with under Section 15, Housing and
Town Planning, etc., Act —
Number of houses where ordinary notices under
the Public Health (London) Act 1891, met
the case 246
Number of houses to which it was necessary to
draw the attention of the District Surveyor 3
EVAN RICHARDS,
Special Officer under the Housing,
Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909.
During the year houses in the following streets
were inspected :—
Harold Street Treadway Street
Hersee Place Ames Street