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advertisements, a further method of giving notice of the provisions
of the Act was adopted by enclosing a leaflet in the Rate Demand
Notices giving the necessary information to landlords but this
only produced a few additional applications.
Forty-three further cases of overcrowding were discovered
during the measuring of the houses, most of these being the result
of a change of occupancy since the original enumeration of the
district.
During the year 22 cases of overcrowding were relieved either
by the families being rehoused by the Council or by a change in
the family circumstances. Thus by adding these 43 overcrowded
houses to those found on the original measurement and deducting
the 22 cases of overcrowding relieved we have a total of 335 overcrowded
families to be rehoused.
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) 2,109
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 2,115
(2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under
sub-head (1) above) which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 599
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 605
(3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state
so dangerous or injurious to health as to be
unfit for human habitation 8
(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 1,263
2.—Remedy of Defects during the Year without Service
of Formal Notices:—
Number of defective dwelling houses rendered fit in
consequence of informal action by the Local
Authority or their Officers 1,131