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The following table is included in this Report in accordance with the request contained
in the letter from the Ministry of Health, dated 24th June, 1932, and relating to contents
of annual reports of Medical Officers of Health :—
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) 335
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 567
(2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above) which were
inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations,
1925 51
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 143
(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-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation 72
2. Remedy of Defects during the Year without Service of formal Notices :—
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal
action by the Local Authority or their officers 69
3. Action under Statutory Powers during the Year :—
A.—Proceedings under sections 17, 18 and 23 of the Housing Act, 1930 :
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring
repairs Nil.
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal
notices :—
(a) By owners Nil.
(b) By local authority in default of owners Nil.
B.—Proceedings under Public Health Acts :
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring
defects to be remedied 40
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of
formal notices :—
(a) By owners 40
(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 Nil.
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders Nil.
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 Nil.
(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.
E.—Proceedings under section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925 :
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices became operative requiring
repairs Nil.
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal
notices:—
(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.
F.—Proceedings under sections 11, 14, and 15 of the Housing Act, 1925 :
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders became operative Nil.
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were determined,
the dwelling-houses having been rendered fit Nil.
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders became
operative Nil.
(4) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders Nil.
Common Lodging-House, 116, Middlesex Street.—The above premises, which are known
as the "Salvation Army Working Men's Hotel and Shelter," and is the only common lodginghouse
in the City, was opened on the 7th February, 1906. It was utilised during the War as
a Soldiers' Hostel, but is now again in use as a common lodging-house. The premises are
periodically inspected, and always found to be well kept and in a generally satisfactory
condition.