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Housing.
V11.— Appendices.
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which
complaints were made that they were unfit for
human habitation (a) by householders. None.
(2) Action under Section 17 of the Housing Act, 1909.
None.
(3) Action under Section 28 of the Housing Act, 1919.
(a), (b) and (c). None.
(4) Closing Orders, (a) (b) and (c). None.
(5) Demolition Orders (a) and (b). None.
(6) Number of houses demolished voluntarily. None.
(7) Obstructive Buildings (a) (b) and (c). None
dealt with.
(8) The staff engaged in housing work consists of
three Sanitary Inspectors ,one being the Chief,
who supervises the work of the others. The
Inspectors have also general sanitary work to
perform, the district being divided into two parts,
each of which has one District Inspector to deal
with all public health matters including housing.
During the year, on account of the great difficulty
of getting repair work done, a housing survey, except
for the purpose of eliciting information regarding
overcrowding, etc., for the "Form of Survey of Housing
Needs," was not carried out, but whenever the notice
of the inspectors was brought to any insanitary house
through the occurrence of infectious disease or through
a complaint or by any other means the house was
examined thoroughly and complete repairs were effected.
This procedure was deemed preferable to the accumulation
of information without obtaining the necessary
improvements.