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Housing—Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the Year.
Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects
(under Public Health or Housing Acts) 1,154
Number of inspections made for the purpose 3,841
Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above)
which were inspected and recorded under the Housing
Consolidated Regulations, 1925 86
Number of inspections made for the purpose 667
Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under
the following sub-head) found not to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation 155
Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous
or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation 0
Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which informal notices
were served 155
Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after
service of informal notices 133
Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which formal notices
were served requiring defects to be remedied 22
Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after
service of formal notices:
(a) by owners 22
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners 0
Unsound Food.
There continues to exist the closest co-operation between the
Vendors of food and the Council's Sanitary Inspectors. It was not
necessary, during the year, formally to seize any unsound food offered
and exposed for sale. As a result of our visits and inspection of
suspect packs of foods, approximately 5 tons of various foodstuffs were
condemned and surrendered by the Vendors for destruction under our
supervision. Most of this condemned food was, in fact, found to be
due to faulty processing in manufacture.
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