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APPENDICES.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Statistics.
Year ended 31st December, 1920.
1—GENERAL.
(1) Estimated population 61,629
(2) General death-rate 9.90
(3) Death-rate from tuberculosis 1.13
(4) Infantile mortality 45.39
(5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes 12,116
(6) Number of working-class dwelling-houses 9,693
(Estimated)
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected 10
2.—UNFIT DWELLING-HOUSES.
I.—Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or Housing
Acts) 2,430
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were
ed and recorded under the Housing (Inspection
of District) Regulations, 1910 None.
(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 sub-heading)
found not to be in all respects reasonably fit
for human habitation 1,767
The number here given is of houses where any
insanitary conditions were found.
II.—Remedy of Defects without Service of formal Notices.
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in
consequence of informal action by the Local
Authority or their Officers 1,656-