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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE K.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
STATISTICS YEAB ENDED 81st DECEMBER, 1U26.
1.—General. | |
(1) Estimated population | 89,850 |
(2) General death-rate | 10.3 |
(8) Death-rate from tuberculosis (per 10,000 population) | 7.6 |
(4) Infantile mortality | 47.2 |
(6) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes | 20,070 |
(6) Number of working-class dwelling-houses (viz., up to £80 r.v.) | 10,857 |
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected during year | 189 |
2.—Untit Dwellino-Hodbbs | |
I.—Inspection. | |
Houses inspected | 984 |
House to house | 890 |
Infectious disease | 268 |
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 1,824 |
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District) Begulations, 1910 | 390 |
(8) Number of dwelling-housee found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 0 |
(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 | 1,157 |
II.—Bomedy of Defects without Service of formal Notice. | |
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequenoe of informal action by the Local Authority or their Officers | 978 |
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 notioes were served requiring repairs | 0 |
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit— | |
(a) by Owners | 0 |
(b) by Local Authority in default of Owners | 0 |