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HOUSING
Dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects
(under Public Health or Housing Acts) 1,604
Dwelling-houses (included in above) which were
inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regs. 1925-1932. (House-to-House
inspection) 188
Dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous
or injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation 10
Dwelling-houses found not to be in all respects
fit for human habitation 725
HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT
HOUSES ELSEWHERE
Houses Demolished
Clearance Areas, Housing Act, 1957 NIL
Not in Clearance Areas NIL
Unfit Houses Closed
Under Sections 16, 17 and 35, Housing Act, 1957 NIL
Parts of Buildings closed (Section 18) 10
Persons displaced 16
Families displaced 5
Unfit Houses made fit and Houses in which Defects were Remedied
By
Owner
By Local
Authority
After informal action by local authority 725 NIL
After formal notice; Public Health Acts 104 2
Housing Act, 1957 6 NIL*
Under Section 24, Housing Act NIL NIL
* Work in progress on 2.
No action was taken under Sections 17, 34, 46, 48 and 53
of the Housing Act regarding Unfit Houses in Temporary Use. No
houses in Clearance Areas were purchased by agreement.