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HOUSING-INSPECTIONS. PROCEEDINGS, ETC.
Inspection of Dwelling-Houses during the Year:
(1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 14,816
(b) Number of Inspections made for the purpose 27,815
(2) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation 467
(3) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to
under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all
respects reasonably fit for human habitation 1,480
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 1,029
(1) Proceedings under Housing Act, 1957:—
(a) Number of houses made fit after service of formal
notices (Sections 9, 16 and 18)
(i) By owners 17
(ii) By local authority in default of owners 1
(b) Houses demolished as a result of formal or informal
procedure under Section 17 2
(c) Houses closed in pursuance of an undertaking given
by the owners under Section 16 1
(d) Closing Orders on parts of buildings (Section 18) 26
(e) Undertakings not to use parts of buildings for human
habitation accepted 4
(0 Closing Orders made under Section 17(3) Nil
(g) Demolition Orders determined and Closing Orders substituted
under Section 26 Nil
(h) Closing Orders made under Section 17 (1) 36
(i) Closing Orders determined 1
(j) Closing Orders revoked and Demolition Orders made Nil
(k) Number of houses included in representations (Section
42) 385
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