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1926]
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON.
Housing Statistics for the Year.
Number of new houses erected during the year :—
(a) Total (including numbers given separately under (b).) 420
(b) With State assistance under the Housing Acts.
(i) By the Local Authority 210
(ii) By other bodies or persons 210
1. Unfit dwelling-houses.
Inspection—
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or Housing
Acts) 8,702
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of
District) Regulations, 1910 or the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 1,397
(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
referred to under the preceding sub-head)
found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for
human habitation 1,950
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 1,358