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3. Action under statutory powers :
(a) Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925 :
(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
(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 (statutory
notices) 301
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices—
(a) By owners 301
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners Nil
(c) Proceedings under Sections 11, 14 and 15 of the Housing
Act, 1925:
(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
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres), 1,427.8 (exclusive of water); 1,473 (including water).
Population (1921), 104,173; (1925), 106,100 (estimated).
Number of inhabited houses (1921), 18,507.
Number of families or separate occupiers (1921), 27,214.
Rateable value, £2,712,500.
Sum represented by a penny rate, £11,302 1s. 8d.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Births—
Total. M. F.
Legitimate 1,344 698 641
Birth Rate, 14.1
Illegitimate 152 77 75
Deaths, 1,257. Death Rate, 11.0.