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Notices Issued. 1930
Written Intimations 722
Statutory Notices 260
Bye-law „ 648
Notices under L.C.C. (G.P.) Acts—
Verminous rooms 44
Additional taps 12
Abolition of old dustbins —
Provision of cooking ranges —
Items of Dilapidation for which Letters were sent to the Owners (Section 3 of the Housing
Act, 1925).
Wall-plaster broken, bulging, or defective 97
Matchboarding defective 6
Wall-paper loose 5
Skirting defective 5
Doors defective or missing 48
Locks defective 38
Ceiling plaster defective 73
Ceiling paper loose 11
Floors broken or badly worn 66
Stoves defective (including fire tiles burnt away, bars broken or missing, oven plates burnt through, oven
doors defective or missing, plates broken or missing) 196
Stove settings defective 9
Flues defective —
Hearths defective 30
Chimney-pieces loose or defective (including jambs, frieze, or mantel broken, loose, or missing) 41
Cupboard doors defective or missing and shelves missing 13
Window-sashes defective (including sash or sash-bars broken, rotten or defective, beads missing or defective,
putties defective) 111
Window-frames loose or defective (including oak sills worn or rotten) 21
Window-glass broken 250
Copper brickwork defective, furnace pan leaky, furnace door missing or defective, setting defective, flue
smoky or defective 92
Steps to front entrance or area defective 25
Railing to area or area steps defective 26
Guard rails to addition roofs defective, broken or rotten 7
Rubbish or refuse in yard, washhouse, vault, area, under-basement, etc. 2
Vault doors missing or defective 30
HOUSING.
(Ministry of Health Table.)
Number of New Houses erected during the Year.
(а) Total—
(i) By the Local Authority —
(ii) By other Local Authorities —
(iii) By other bodies or persons 4
(comprising 15 dwellings)
(b) With State assistance under the Housing Acts :—
(1) By the Local Authority —
(a) For the purpose of Part II of the Act of 1925 —
(b) For the purpose of Part III of the Act of 1925 —
(c) For other purposes —
(ii) By other bodies or persons —
I.—Inspection of Dwelling-houses during the Year.
(1) 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 Consolidated Regulations, 1925—
(а) Houses inspected on complaint or after illness 2,084 Inspections made 15,837
(b) Registered tenement houses inspected 844 „ „ 7,055
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or
injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation 1
(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 —
II.—Remedy of Defects during the Year without Service of formal Notices.
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 during the Year.
(A) Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were
served requiring repairs *489
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit—
(а) by owners 416
(approx.)
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners —
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders
became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of
intention to close —