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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—
(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) 157
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied—
(a) By owners 157
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners Nil
(c) Proceedings under Sections 11, 11 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. (1926). 105,800 (estimated).
Number of inhabited houses (1921), 18,507.
Number of families or separate occupiers (1921). 27,214.
Rateable value. £2,746,543.
Sum represented by a penny rate. £10,700.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Births—
Total M. F.
Legitimate 1,227 630 597
Illegitimate 132 53 79 Birth Rate 12.9
Deaths, 1,356. Death Rate, 11.9.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth—from sepsis, 4;
other causes, 8.