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Sanitary Inspection of the Borough.
B.—Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 822
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices :—
(a) By owners 535
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners Nil
C.—Proceedings under Sections 19 and 21 of the Housing
Act, 1930:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
Demolition Orders were made 5
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance
of Demolition Orders 1
D.—Proceedings under Section 20 of the Housing Act,
1930:—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
made 15
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
determined, the tenement or room having
been rendered fit Nil
House-to-House Inspections.
The results of these inspections are shown in Table
XXXV. 1,800 inspections were made compared with 1,060 in
1934, 1,060 in 1933, 1,589 in 1932, 2,731 in 1931 and 2,957 in 1930.
Nuisances necessitating the service of sanitary notices were found
in 1,479 of the houses.