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APPENDIX : HOUSING CONDITIONS—STATISTICS.

2. UNFIT DWELLING HOUSES.
I. Inspection.
(a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under
Public Health or Housing Acts)
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded under
the Housing (Insnection of District) Regulations, 1910—
(a) Houses inspected on complaint or after illness 1,984 2,243 2,332
(b) Registered tenement houses inspected 1,176 240 997
(c) Houses inspected under Housing Acts 12 148 63
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or
injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation 6 15. &.
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the
preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit
for human habitation 6 135 55
Underground rooms only.
II. Remedy of Defects without Service, of Notice.
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of
informal action by the Local Authority or their officers No record.
III. Action under Statutory Powers.
(A) Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c.,
Act. 1919—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of v/hich notices were
served requiring repairs 6 135 55
(2) Number of dwelling houses which were rendered fit—
(a) by owners — 27 87
(ft) by Local Authority in default of owners 4 9
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders
became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of
intention to close — — —
(B) Proceedings under Public Health Acts—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect ol which notices were
served requiring drfects to be remedied —
(а) Number of notices under Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
and London County Council (General Powers) Acts ... 1,497 1,176 1,892
(b) Number of bye-law notices served 1,057 373 2,570
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied—
(а) by owners Not available.
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners — 1 —
(C) Proceedings under Sections 17 and 18 of the Housing, Town Planning,
&c., Act, 1909—
(1) Number of representations made with a view to the making of
Closing Orders 6 15 8
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders
were made 6 15 8
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders
were determined, the dwelling-houses having been rendered
fit — 4 4
(4) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition
Orders were made 4 — —
(5) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of
Demolition Orders — 1 —
3. UNHEALTHY AREAS.
Areas represented to the Local Authority with a view to Improvement Schemes
under (a) Part I. or (6) Part II. of the Act of 1890.
(1) Name of area . — Desborough St. —
(2) Acreage — 0.211 —
(8) Number of working-class houses in Area — 11 —
(4) Number of working-class persons to be displaced — 62
Number of houses not complying with the building bye-laws erected with consent of
Local Authority under Section 25 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919 — — —
Staff engaged on housing work with, briefly, the duties of each officer No officers are
sively engaged on
housing work.