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Statistics for the Year ending 31st December, 1924.
1. General.
(а) Estimated population 171,000
(б) General death rate 11.8 per 1,000
(c) Death rate from tuberculosis 1.11 per 1,000
(d) Infantile mortality rate 62.4 per 1,000
(e) Number of premises used as habitations by
all classes 27,844
(/) Estimated number of working-class dwelling-
houses 24,953
(g) Number of new working-class dwellings
erected 15
2. Unfit Dwelling-Houses.
(a) Inspection—
(a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health
or Housing Acts) 6,609
(b) Number of dwelling-houses which were
spected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 3,669
(c) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in
a state so dangerous or injurious to health
as to be unfit for human habitation Nil
(d) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of
those referred to under the previous heading)
not found to be in all respects reasonably
fit for habitation 3,547
(b) Remedy of defects without service of formal notice—
Number of dwelling-houses rendered fit in
consequence of informal action by the
local authority or their officers 522
(c) Action under Statutory Powers—
(I.) Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing,
Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919—
(a) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which notices were served requiring repairs 81
(b) Number of dwelling-houses which were
rendered fit—
(i.) By owners 130
(ii.) Work commenced by Local Authority
but workmen subsequently withdrawn
and work completed by owner 12