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The attached table contains particulars required by the Ministry of Health.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
STATISTICS.
Year ended 31st December, 1921.
1.—GENERAL.
(1) Estimated Population 13,706
(2) General death-rate 11.5
(3) Death-rate from tuberculosis of the lungs 0.95
(4) Infantile mortality 93
(5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes 1,980
(6) Number of working-class dwelling-houses 1,454
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected Nil.
2.—UNFIT DWELLING-HOUSES.
I.—Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public
Health or Housing Acts) 759
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 357
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to
health as to be unfit for human habitation Nil.
(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 7
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 120
III.—Action under Statutory Powers.
(a) Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served
requiring repairs Nil.
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit Nil.
(a) by owners Nil.
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners Nil.
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders became
operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close Nil.
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served
requiring defects to be remedied 352
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied—
(a) by owners 337
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners Nil.
(c) Proceedings under Sections 17 and 18 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909.
(1) Number of representations made with a view to the making of Closing
Orders Nil.
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were made Nil.
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were
determined, the dwelling-houses having been rendered fit Nil.
(4) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were
made Nil.
(5) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition
Orders Nil.
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 :—
(1) Name of Area, Queen's Court, Vine Street, Minories.
(2) Acreage, about ¼ acre.
(3) Number of working-class houses in area 7
(4) Number of tenements in these houses 25
(5) Number of working-class persons to be displaced 72
(4) Number of Houses not complying with the building bye-laws erected with consent
of Local Authority under Section 25 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act,
1919 Nil.
(5) Staff engaged on housing work with, briefly, the duties of each officer.
The three District Inspectors are responsible for the inspection of the houses in their
respective areas. Each house is registered on a card and subsequent visits
noted thereon.