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Total number of houses in the Borough 6,462 (Census 1931)
Number of houses occupied by the working classes 3,832
Public Health Act—
Number of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness 468
Number of statutory notices served 45
Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied 223
Housing Acts (1925-35)—
Number of houses inspected—house to house (Housing Consolidated Regs. 1925) 66
Number of houses included in representations by the Borough Medicil Officer
under Section 1, Housing Act, 1930 —
Number of houses demolished following representations by Borough Medical
Officer under Section 1 of Housing Act, 1930 —
Number of houses repaired under Section 17 and 18 of Housing Act, 1930—
(a) by owners 9
(b) By L.A. in default of owners —
Number of houses demolished—
(а) in pursuance of orders under Section 19 of the Housing Act, 1930 3
(б) Voluntarily 15
Number of houses (wholly or in part) the subject of Closing Orders (exc.
underground rooms) 1
Number of Closing Orders determined (i.e. houses made fit) —
Number of houses in accepted schemes for re-development or re-conditioning by
owners under Part V of the Housing Act 1935 —
Number of certificates of fitness issued under Section 55 of the Housing Act,
1935 —
Number of houses ertcted by the Borough Council for working classes during
year —
Houses Let in Lodgings—
Number registered in Borough 460
Number of inspections 739
Number of prosecutions —
Number of complaints remedied under the Bye-laws (not included under any
other heading) 31
Underground Rooms—
Number occupied but unfit under Section 18 of the Housing Act, 1925 as
modified by Section 84 of the Housing Act, 1935 583
Number closed or modified occupation approved under Section 84 of the
Housing Act, 1935 2
Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1935)—
Number of houses inspected under Section 1 of the Housing Act, 1935 3,832
Number of families found to be living in overcrowded conditions Section 1 of
Housing Act, 1935 700
Smoke Nuisances—
Number of observations 82
Number of notices 5
Number of complaints 4
Number of summonses —
Cleansing and Disinfection—
Number of adults cleansed 131
Number of children cleansed —
Number of premises disinfected :—
(a) After infectious diseases 260
(b) For vermin 97
Water Supply to Tenement Houses—
Number of premises supplied 2
Number of prosecutions —
Sanitary Officers—
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (whole-time) Male 4 Female —
Number of Sanitary Inspectors (part-time) Male — Female 1