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Statistics for the year ending 31st December, 1928.
1. General.
(a) Estimated population 164,100
(b) General Death Rate 11.9 per 1,000 popln.
(c) Death rate from tuberculosis .98 per 1,000 „
(d) Infantile mortality rate 64.2 per 1,000 births
(e) Number of premises used as habitations by all
classes 27,908
(f) Estimated number of working class dwelling-
houses 25,017
(g) Number of new working class dwellings
erected *31
2. Unfit Dwelling-Houses.
(a) Inspection—
(a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 5,397
(b) Number of dwelling-houses which were
inspected and recorded under Part IV of
the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 3,560
(c) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in
a state so dangerous or injurious to health
as to be unfit for 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 4,002
(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 417
(c) Action under statutory powers—
(I.) Proceedings under section 3 of the Housing
Act, 1925:—
(a) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of 27
which notices were served requiring repairs
(b) Number of dwelling-houses which were
rendered fit:—
(i.) By owners 30
(ii.) Work commenced by local authority
but workmen subsequently withdrawn
and work completed by owner Nil
* Includes 18 tenements erected under Plough Road Improvement Scheme.