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II.—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 ?
III.—ACTION UNDER STATUTORY POWERS.
A. Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c.,
Act, 1919:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were
served requiring repairs nil
(2) Number of dwelling houses which were rendered fit—
(a) by owners nil
(b) by Local Authority in default of owner's nil
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders
became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of
intention to close nil
B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were
served requiring defects to be remedied 935
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied
(a) by owners 935
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners —
C. Proceedings under Sections 17 and 18 of the Housing, Town
Planning, &c., Act, 1919:-
(1) Number of representations made w;ith a view to the making
of Closing Orders nil
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders
were made nil
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders
were determined, the dwelling-houses having been rendered fit nil
(4) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition
Orders were made nil
(5) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of
Demolition Orders nil
3.—UNHEALTHY AREAS.
Areas represented to the Local Authority with a view to Improvement Schemes
under (a) Part I., or (b) Part II., of the Act of 1890:-
(1) Name of area nil
(2) Acreage nil
(3) Number of working-class houses in area nil
(4) Number of working-class persons to be displaced nil
4. Number of houses not complying with the building byelaws erected
with consent of Local Authority under Section 25 of the Housing, Town
Planning, &c., Act, 1919 nil
* Practically all these houses were tenement houses containing a number of
tenements.
†All the more insanitary houses are always annually inspected, although none
last year were formally recorded under the above Regulations.