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than 500 cubic feet. The back addition bedrooms are without
fire-places and contain less than 400 cubic feet of air space.
The result of the local enquiry will be known in due course.
Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act.
12 certificates under this Act were issued in 1925.
STATISTICS.—HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Number of New Houses erected during the Year 1925.
(a) Total 120
(6) With State assistance under the Housing Acts—
(1) By the Local Authority None
(2) By other bodies or persons Information not available
I. Unfit Dwelling Houses.
Inspection— 1925.
(1) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health and Housing Acts) 6,571
(2) Number of dwelling-houses inspected and recorded
under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations
1910 172.
(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 5,041
11. 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 3,446
111. Action under Statutory Powers.
(a) Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925 —
(6) Proceedings under the Public Health Act—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
Statutory Notices were served requiring defects to
be remedied 1,595
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal Notices—
(a) By owners All
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners Nil
(c) Proceedings under Sections 17 and 18 of the Housing,
Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909 —