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HOUSING.
In December, 1930, the Medical Officer reporting to the
Housing Committee on the action contemplated under the Housing
Act of 1930, stated that after a survey of the whole Borough he
had compiled a 1ist of 81 houses which he proposed, as opportunity
offered, to represent as unfit for human habitation. The whole
of these with the addition of a further two houses have been dealt
with by the Public Health Committee. Undertakings by the
owners not to re-let the houses for human habitation have been
given in 22 instances, 24 demolition orders have been made, nine
houses have been reconditioned, three houses have been voluntarily
demolished, and 25 houses have been represented as unfit for
human habitation, action regarding these pending at the end of
the year. Good progress has been made with the reconditioning
of individually unfit houses, 181 having been completed during
the year, making a total of 471 out of the 816 estimated in 1930
to be dealt with in five years.
HOUSING STATISTICS.
1.—Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the Year :—
(1) (a) Total number of dwelling houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health
or Housing Acts) 1,816
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 1,859
(2) (a) Number of dwelling houses (included under
sub-head (1) above) which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 587
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 630
(3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state
so dangerous or injurious to health as to be
unfit for human habitation 43
(4) Number of dwelling houses (exclusive of those
referred to under the preceding sub-head)
found not to be in all respects reasonably fit
for human habitation 981