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Housing.
Number of new houses and flats erected during the year:—
(a.) Total 44
(b.) By the Local Authority -
1. Unfit Dwelling-houses:—
Inspection:—
(1.) Total number of Dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 905
(2.) Number of Dwelling-houses which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations, 1910 -
(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 740
2. Action under Statutory Powers:—
A.—Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town
Planning, etc., Act, 1919 -
B.—Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1.) Number of Dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be remedied 731
(2.) Number of Dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied:—
(a.) By owners 740
(b.) By Local Authority in default of owners -
C.—Proceedings under Sections 17 and 18 of the Housing,
Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909 -
The Staff engaged on housing work in 1924 consisted of 3 Sanitary
Inspectors, each carrying out all the duties of a Sanitary Inspector in
the district allocated to him.
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
1. Inspection:—
Infections.
Written
Notices.
Prosecutions.
Factories (including Factory
Laundries)
38
38
-
Workshops (including Workshop
Laundries)
561
10
-
Workplaces (other than Outworkers'
Premises)
61
18
-
Total
660
66
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