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HOUSING.
The following summary of Housing Statistics is included in this
report on the instructions of the Ministry of Health :—
HOUSING STATISTICS
For the Year 1931.
1.—Inspection of Dwelling-Houses During the Year :—
(1). (a). Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 1,641
(b). Number of Inspections made for the purpose 3,976
(2). (a). Number of dwelling-houses included under
Sub-head (1) above, which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 0
(b). Number of Inspections made for the purpose 0
(3). Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state
so dangerous or injurious to health as to be
unlit 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 728
2.—Remedy of Defects without Service of Formal Notices.
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit
in consequence of informal action by the Local
Authority or their officers (intimation notices) 652