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44
Other drainage defects 13
Cistern defective 13
„ dirty 40
„ without proper cover or cover defective 20
Dustbin defective 190
„ not provided 1
„ insufficient 42
„ disused and not abolished 4
Paving of yard or area defective 105
„ washhouse defective 46
Premises damp 55
Rooms, etc., dirty (including staircases, washhouses, water-closets, yards, areas, etc.) 2,968
„ verminous 120
„ contents, bedding, etc., dirty 2
„ not provided with a window opening directly to the external air —
Chimney smoky 29
Food cupboards not provided 2
Windows defective including cords and fastenings out of repair 839
Roof defective 283
Common staircases out of repair 47
Staircases without sufficient handrail 3
Animals improperly kept 1
Accumulation of refuse (not offensive) 45
Premises without water, or supply insufficient 141
Any other defects, etc. 58
Notices Issued.
Written Intimations 624
Statutory Notices 155
Bye-law 674
Notices under L.C.C. (G.P.) Acts—
Verminous rooms 49
Additional taps 141
Abolition of old dustbins —
Provision of cooking ranges —
Items of Dilapidation fob which Letters were sent to the Owners (Section 17 of the Housing
Act, 1930).
Wall-plaster broken, bulging, or defective 223
Matchboarding defective 14
Wall-paper loose —
Skirting defective 16
Doors defective or missing 78
Locks defective 36
Ceiling plaster defective 110
Ceiling paper loose —
Floors broken or badly worn 136
Stoves defeotive (including fire tiles burnt away, bars broken or missing, oven plates burnt through, oven
doors defective or missing, plates broken or missing) 221
Stove settings defective 9
Flues defective 10
Hearths defective 19
Chimney-pieces loose or defective (including jambs, frieze, or mantel broken, loose, or missing) 13
Cupboard doors defective or missing and shelves missing 8
Window-sashes defective (including sash or sash-bars broken, rotten or defective, beads missing or defective,
putties defective) 428
Window-frames loose or defective (including oak sills worn or rotten) 47
Window-glass broken 178
Copper brickwork defective, furnace pan leaky, furnace door missing or defective, setting defective, flue
smoky or defective 69
Steps to front entrance or area defective 15
Railing to area or area steps defective 5
Guard rails to addition roofs defective, broken or rotten 14
Rubbish or refuse in yard, washhouse, vault, area, under-basement, etc. 49
Vault doors missing or defective 22
HOUSING.
(Ministry of Health Table.)
1.—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 or in course
of "house-to-house" inspections 1,565 Inspections made 13,377
(b) Registered tenement houses inspected 675 „ „5,363
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or
injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation —
(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 —