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Housing Statistics
General details with regard to inspection of dwelling-houses
are submitted in the following tabular form.
Total number of dwellings in the Borough 15,301
1. Inspection of Dwellinghouses during the year
(l)(a) Total number of dwellinghouses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health
and Housing Acts) 2,549
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 8,329
(2)(a) Number of dwellinghouses (included under subhead
(1) above which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 64
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 137
(3) Number of dwellinghouses found to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health
as to be unfit for human habitation 101
(4) Number of dwellinghouses (exclusive of those
referred to under the preceding sub-head)
found not to be in all respects reasonably
fit for human habitation 1,885
2. Remedy of defects during the year without service of
Formal Notices:-
Number of dwellinghouses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority or their
Officers 803