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Housing of the Working Classes—
Number of houses inspected :—
(a) On account of complaints or illness (Public Health Act) 553
(b) House to house (Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925)
Number of notices served
(a) Under Public Health Act: —
(i.) Intimation 515
(ii.) Statutory 77
(b) Under Housing Act 0
Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied under Public Health Act 515
Number of houses repaired under Section 3 of Housing Act: —
(a) By owners 0
(b) By local authority in default of owners 0
Number of houses closed on notice by owner that they could not be made fit 0
Number of houses for the working classes:—
(o) Erected during year 1 block (15 tene
ments)
(b) In course of erection 0
Number of representations by Medical Officer or other person 0
Number of houses included in such representations 0
Number of Closing Orders made 0
Number of Closing Orders determined (i.e., houses made fit) 0
Number of Demolition Orders 0
Number of houses demolished :—
(a) In pursuance of Orders 0
(b) Voluntarily 0
Total number of houses in the borough 3473
(Census, 1921)
Number of houses occupied by the working classes 8571 tenement*
(Census, 1921)
Underground Rooms—
Number illegally occupied, notices served 9
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued 9
0 vercrowding—
Number of cases of overcrowding found; notices served 2
Number of prosecutions 1
Number remedied 2
Smoke Nuisances—
Number of observations 241
Number of notices
Number of complaints 8
Number of summonses 0
Cleansing and Disinfection—
Number of adults cleansed 93
Number of children cleansed 0
Number of premises disinfected :—
(a) After infectious diseases 484
(b) For vermin 46
Water Supply to Tenement Houses—
Number of premises supplied 2
Nunber of prosecutions 0
Sanitab r Officers—
Nuviber of Sanitary Inspectors (whole-time) Male 3 Female 0
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (part-time) Male 0 Female 1
Number of Health Visitors whole-time 1 part-time 1