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APPENDICES.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Si a! is tics for year ended 31 st December, 1921.)
1.—General.
(1) Estimated population 100,493
(2) General death rate 12.41 per 1,000
(3) Death rate from Tuberculosis 1.37 per 1,000
(4) Infantile mortality 74 per 1,000 births
(5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes 16,385
(6) Number of working-class dwelling-houses
mately) 15,073
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected 73
2.—Unfit Dwelling-houses.
1.—Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
ing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 3,580
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations, 1910 No figures available
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for
human habitation Nil
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those
ferred to under the preceding sub-heading) found
not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human
habitation 2,231
2.—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 1,772
3.—Action under Statutory powers.
(a) Proceedings under section 28 of the Housing, Town
Planning, etc., Act, 1919—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring repairs 84