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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) 514
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 630
(2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above) which were
inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations,
1925 54
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 84
(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 Nil.
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 25
3. Action under Statutory Powers during the Year :—
A.—Proceedings under sections 9, 10, and 16 of the Housing Act, 1936 :
(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 42
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal
notices :—
(a) By owners 1
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners Nil.
C.—Proceedings under sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936 :
(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 12 of the Housing Act, 1936 :
(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.
4. Housing Act, 1936.—Part IV.—Overcrowding :
A.— (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year 34
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 34
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 170
B.—Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year 11
C-— (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year44
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 233
D.—Particulars of any cases in which dwelling-houses have again become overcrowded
after the Local Authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding.
E.—Any other particulars with respect to overcrowding conditions upon which the Medical
Officer of Health may consider it desirable to report.
Common Lodging House, 116, Middlesex Street.—This is the only common lodging
house in the City. It was opened on the 7th February, 1906, and is known as the " Salvation
Army Working Men's Hotel and Shelter." Periodical inspections were made during the
year.
The premises are registered in the name of the Salvation Army Trustee Co.
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