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(!) Housing:
1. GENERAL.
Number of new houses erected during the year :—
(i) Total 173
(ii) As part of a municipal housing scheme 92
(iii) Others (including- private enterprise) 81
2. UNFIT DWELLING HOUSES.
I.—Inspection.
(i) Total number of dwelling houses inspected
for housing defects (under
Public Health or Housing Acts) 2,367
(ii) Number of dwelling houses which were
inspected and recorded under the
Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations,. 1910 837
(iii) Number of dwelling houses found to be
in a state so dangerous or injurious to
health as to be unlit for human habitation
9
(iv) 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
1,700
II.—Remedy of 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 1,305
III.—Action under Statutory Powers.
V—Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town
Planning, etc., Act, 1919 :—
(i) Number of dwelling houses in respect
of which notices were served requiring
repairs 28