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HOUSING.
1. General.
Number of houses erected during the year 1
2. Unfit Dwelling Houses.
(a) Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) ... 4939
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing (inspection of District
Regulations) 1910 1832
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for
human habitation 41
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of above) found
not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human
habitation 3049
(b) 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.
(c) Action under Statutory Powers.
(1) Proceedings under Sec. 28 of the Housing, Town
Planning, &c., Act, 1919.
(a) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring repairs Nil.
(b) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered
fit:—
(1) By owners —
(2) By Local Authority in default of owners —
(c) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
Closing Orders became operative in pursuance
of declarations by owners of intention to close —
(2) Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
(a) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 3049
(b) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects
were remedied:—
(1) By owners 3049
(2) By Local Authority in default of owners —
(3) Proceedings under Sections 17 and 18 of the Housing,
Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909 Nil.