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III.—Action under Statutory Powers.
A.—Proceedings under section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925 0
B.—Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be remedied
607
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied:—
(a) by owners 607
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners 0
(3) Number of Dwelling houses closed 2
C.—Proceedings under sections 17 and 18 of the Housing,
Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909 0
3.—UNHEALTHY AREAS.
Areas represented to the Local Authority, with a view to
Improvement Schemes under [a), Part I., or (b), Part II.,
of the Act of 1890 0
1.—Number of houses not complying with the building
bye-laws erected with consent of Local Authority under section
25 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919 0
2.—Staff engaged on housing work:—
Two Sanitary Inspectors.
One Clerk and part-time Sanitary Inspector.
INCREASE OF RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST
(RESTRICTIONS) ACT, 1920 & 1923. SECTION 2 (2).
This sub-section provides that "at anv time or times not
being less than three months after the date of any increased rent
permitted by the Act, the tenant is entitled to apply to the County
Court for an order suspending the increases if he considers that the
premises are not in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation,
or otherwise not in a reasonable state of repair. He will be required
to satisfy the County Court by a report of the Sanitary Authority,