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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
APPENDICES.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Statistics.
Year ended 31st December, 7980.
1.—GENERAL.
(1). Estimated population 342,808
(2). General death-rate 10.36
(3). Death-rate from Tuberculosis .93
(4). Infantile mortality 64
(5). Number of dwelling-houses of all classes 56,539
(6). Number of working-class dwelling-houses 41,598
(7). Number of new working-class dwelling-houses
erected 108
2.—UNFIT DWELLING HOUSES.
I.—Inspection.
(1). Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts 23,880
(2). Number of dwelling-houses which were
spected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 3,348
(3). Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health
as to' be unfit for human habitation ... 6
(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
II.—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 7,797
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