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SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Statistics—Year ended December, 1922.
I.—General:—
(1) Estimated population36,680
(2) General death-rate 9.9
(3) Death-rate from tuberculosis 0.8
(4) Infantile mortality rate 55.5
(5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes 7,400
(6) Number of working-class dwelling-houses 7,323
(7) Number of working-class dwelling-houses
erected 303
II.—Unfit dwelling-houses:—
(1)—Inspection: —
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or Housing
Acts) 3,439
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of
District) Regulation, 1910 458
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious as to be unfit for
human habitation 3
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those
referred to under the previous sub-heading)
found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for
human habitation 204
(2)—Remedy of defects without service of formal notice:—
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in
consequence of informal action by the Local
Authority or their officers 1,334