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HOUSING.
Housing Statistics for 1922.
Number of new houses erected during the year: —
(a) Total. 79 (tenements).
(b) As part of a municipal housing scheme. 64 „
1. Unfit dwelling-houses.
Inspection—
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health Acts) 5,007
(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 and reported to
be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health
as to be unfit for human habitation 3
(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 Nil.
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. Nil.
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. Nil.
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were
rendered fit. 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.
(B) Proceedings under Public Health Acts: —
(1) Notices served requiring defects to be remedied.
Intimations. 5,302
Statutory Notices. 4,532
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects
were remedied:—
(a) By owners 4,707
(b) 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. 3
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which Closing Orders were made. 2
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which Closing Orders were determined, the
dwelling-houses having been rendered fit. Nil.