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Items of Dilapidation for which Letters were sent to the Owners (Section 17 of the Housing
Act, 1930).
Wall-plaster broken, bulging, or defective 95
Matchboarding defective —
Wall-paper loose 1
Skirting defective 3
Doors defective or missing 14
Locks defective 20
Ceiling plaster defective 30
Ceiling paper loose 2
Floors broken or badly worn 21
Stoves defective (including fire tiles burnt away, bars broken or missing, oven plates burnt through, oven
doors defective or missing, plates broken or missing) 54
Stove settings defective 5
Flues defective 1
Hearths defective 7
Chimney-pieces loose or defective (including jambs, frieze, or mantel broken, loose, or missing) 16
Cupboard doors defective or missing and shelves missing —
Window-sashes defective (including sash or sash-bars broken, rotten or defective, beads missing or defective,
putties defective) 86
Window-frames loose or defective (including oak sills worn or rotten) 27
Window-glass broken 48
Copper brickwork defective, furnace pan leaky, furnace door missing or defective, setting defective, flue
smoky or defective 29
Steps to front entrance or area defective 4
Bailing to area or area steps defective 1
Guard rails to addition roofs defective, broken or rotten 2
Rubbish or refuse in yard, washhouse, vault, area, under-basement, etc. —
Vault doors missing or defective 2
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—
(a) Houses inspected on complaint or after illness or in course
of "house-to-house" inspections 1,762 Inspections made 15,790
(b) Registered tenement houses inspected 484 ,, ,, 4,479
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or
injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation 7
(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 —
2 —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.
3.—Action under Statutory Powers during the Year.
A. Proceedings under Sections 17, 18 and 23 of the Housing Act, 1930—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were
served requiring repairs *135
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit—
(a) by owners 119
(6) by Local Authority in default of owners —
B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were
served requiring defects to be remedied 1,433
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied
after service of formal notices—
(a) by owners 1,467
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners —
C. Proceedings under Sections 19 and 21 of the Housing Act, 1930—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition
Orders were made or undertakings accepted 7
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of
Demolition Orders —
D. Proceedings under Section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in
respect of which Closing Orders were made or undertakings
accepted 146
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in
respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the
tenement or room having been rendered fit —
* Informal notices.