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Sanitary Inspection of the District.
The general inspection of the district had to be largely
lessened during the war owing to shortage of staff, especially the
routine house-to-house inspection. During 1920 the staff of
inspectors was at its pre-war size and the normal activities resumed.
The accumulation of work, however, resulting from the war conditions
is such that it will take a considerable time before current
work can cover all demands. Difficulties of labour and in the
obtaining of material also hamper owners, but the progress made
is generally satisfactory.
The details of this section of the department's work are given
on pages 70—72.
HOUSING.
The following return shows the summary of housing work in
the town during 1920. The detailed record of inspections of all
kinds made by the Sanitary Inspecting Staff is to be found on
page
I. HOUSING CONDITIONS,
1. Estimated population, 191,820.
2. General death-rate, 11.1.
3. Death-rate from tuberculosis, 1.0.
4. Infantile mortality, 63.
1. Number of dwelling houses of all classes, 41,986 (1919
estimate).
2. Number of working-class dwelling houses, 35,000 (approx.).
3. Number of new working-class houses erected, 267.
II. UNFIT DWELLING HOUSES.
1. Inspection—
a. Total number of dwelling houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or Housing
Acts) ... ... ... ... ... ... 3544
b. Number of dwelling houses which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of
District) Regulations, 1910 ... ... ... 2390
c. Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state
so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit
for human habitation ... ... ... Nil.
d. 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 ... ... ... ... ... 3961