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Appendices.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Statistics Year ended 31st December, 1920.
1.—General.
(1) Estimated population 76,129
(2) General Death-rate 8.8
(3) Death-rate from tuberculosis 0.74
(4) Infantile mortality 47
(5) Number of dwelling houses of all classes 15,346
(6) Number of working-class dwelling houses 9,911
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected 77
(8) Number of other new houses erected 25
2.—Unfit Dweli.ing Houses.
I.— Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling houses
spected for housing defects (under
Public Health or Housing Acts) ... 931
(2) Number of dwelling houses which were
inspected and recorded under the
Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations,
1910 269
(3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in
a state so dangerous or injurious to health
as to be unfit for human habitation None
(4) Number of dwelling houses (exclusive of
those referred to under the preceding subheading)
in which defects were found 827