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Inspection of District.
During the year a further inspection of the Borough was made with
a view to the ascertainment of any houses which could be represented
to the Borough Council as falling within Part II or Part III of the
Housing Act, 1936 and the following houses or parts of houses were
officially " represented " to the Council during 1938 :—
Individual Dwelling-Houses.
52
Parts of Buildings.
73 (at 38 individual premises).
Underground Rooms.
13 (at 9 individual premises).
The following table records the work done in connection with
housing inspection : —
1. Unfit Dwelling-Houses.
Inspection—
(1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 5424
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 5537
(2) Number of dwelling-houses (included in (1) above)
which were inspected, and
(a) Recorded under the Housing (Consolidated) Regulations,
1925-1932 1349
(b) Number of inspections made for this purpose 1349
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation 52
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those in (3))
found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human
habitation 2634
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 (on service of Intimation Notices) 1778