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Housing Conditions.
Year ending 31st Dec., 1922.
Number of new houses erected during the year:—
(a) Total 405 tenements.
(b) As part of a Municipal housing scheme —
Unfit Dwelling-houses.
(I) Inspections:—
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health
or Housing Acts) 2,673
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were in-
spected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 444
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health
as to be unfit for human habitation 1
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of
those referred to under the preceding subheading)
found not to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation 928
II.—Remedy of defects without Service of Formal Notice:—
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit
in consequence of informal action by the
Local Authority or their officers 15
III.—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 686
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were
rendered fit:—
(a) By owners 655
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners 28
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which Closing Orders become operative
in pursuance of declaration of
owners of intention to close 2
B.—Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which notices were served requiring
defects to be remedied 1,280
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which
defects were remedied:—
(a) By owners 1,163
(b) By Local Authority in default of
owners —