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I. Unfit Dwelling Houses.
Inspection —
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects
(under Public Health and Housing Acts) 5,886
(2) Number of dwelling-houses inspected and recorded under the
Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 47
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or
injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation
(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 5,028
II. 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 its officers 3,428
III. Action under Statutory Powers.
(a) Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc.,
Act, 1919 None
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Act—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Statutory Notices
were served requiring defects to be remedied 1,600
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after
service of formal Notices —
(a) By owners All save 5
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners 5
(c) Proceedings under Sections 17 and 18 of the Housing, Town
Planning, etc., Act, 1909 None