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Housing of the Working Classes—
Number of houses inspected:—
(a) On account of complaints or illness (Public Health Act) 803
(b) House to house (Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925) 106
Number of notices served:—
(а) Under Public Health Act:—
(i.) Intimation 427
(ii.) Statutory 61
(b) Under Housing Act —
Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied under Public Health Act 427
Number of houses repaired under Section 17 of Housing Act :—
(a) By owners —
(b) By local authority in default of owners —
Number of houses closed on notice by owner that they could not be made fit -
Number of houses for the working classes:—
(o) Erected during year (erection completed) 2 blocks (34 flats)
(b) In course of erection 1 block (28 flats)
Number of representations by Medical Officer or other person 4
Number of houses included in such representations 3 & l part house
Number of Closing Orders made Nil
Number of Closing Orders determined (i.e., houses made fit) 8
Number of Demolition Orders 3
Number of houses demolished: —
(a) In pursuance of Orders 3
(b) Voluntarily —
Total number of houses in the borough 6462
(Census, 1931)
Number of houses occupied by the working classes 7285
Underground Rooms—
Number illegally occupied, notices served 8
Number closed or illegal occupation discontinued 8
Overcrowding—
Number of cases of overcrowding found; notices served 2
Number of prosecutions —
Number remedied 2
Smoke Nuisances—
Number of observations 209
Number of notices 3
Number of complaints 8
Number of summonses —
Cleansing and Disinfection—
Number of adults cleansed 382
Number of children cleansed —
Number of premises disinfected:—
(a) After infectious diseases 218
(b) For vermin 134
Watte Supply to Tenement Houses—
Number of premises supplied 2
Number of prosecutions
Sanitary Officers—
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (whole-time) Male 3 Female
Number of Sanitary Inspector (part-time) Male Female
Number of Health Visitors (whole-time) 1 part-time 1