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HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Statistics.
Year ended 30th December, 1922.
].—General.
{1) Estimated population 165,700
(2) General death rate 14.31
(3) Death rate from tuberculosis (all forms) 1.35
(4) Infantile mortality 79
(5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes (Census 1911) 22,472
(6) Number of working-class dwelling-houses Practically all
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected (120 houses,
during 1921 15 tenements.
2.—Unfit Dwelling-houses.
I.—Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or other Acts) 8,967
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations, 1910 —
(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 5,173
II.^-Remedy of defects without Service of Formal (Statutory)
Notices.
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in
consequence of informal action by the Local Authority
or their officers 150
III.—Action under Statutory Powers.
A. Proceedings under section 28 of the Housing, Town Planning,
etc., Act, 1919 —
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which noticeB
were served requiring repairs —