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HOUSING.
The information asked for by the Ministry with regard to housing is contained
in the following statement. The Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions)
Act, 1920, so far as regards the provisions of Section 2 (2), and the Rent
and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Act, 1923, Section 18 (1) relating to certificates
as to suitability for occupation of houses, was not taken advantage of during
the year, no application being received.
Number of new houses erected during the year :
(a) Total (including numbers given separately under (b)) flats Nil
houses 18
(b) With State assistance under the Housing Acts:
(i) By the Local Authority Nil
(ii) By other bodies or persons Nil
1. Inspection of dwelling-houses during the year :
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 2,362
(2) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub.head (i)
above) which were inspected and recorded under the
Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925—
Houses 589
Tenements in blocks 273
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for
human habitation 1
(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 1,687
2. Remedy for 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 (intimation only) 1,583
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) 104
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied after services of formal notices—
(a) By owners 104
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners Nil