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Barking 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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SECTION 4.
HOUSING.
36. STATISTICS.
| Number of new houses erected during the year:— | |
| (1) Total | 1,064 |
| (2) As part of a municipal housing scheme— | |
| 59 | |
| 970 | |
| (3) Others (including private enterprise and subsidy houses) | 35 |
| (1) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 4,577 |
| (2) Number of dwelling houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Consolidated) Regulations, 1925 | 659 |
| (3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 8 |
| (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 | 2,486 |