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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
(33) Housing: inspections and defects
Inspection of dwelling houses:
Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects
(under Public Health or Housing Acts) 11,201
Action under Statutory Powers during the year:
1. Proceedings under Public Health Acts:
(a) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which informal notices
were served requiring defects to be remedied 317
(b) Number of dwelling houses rendered fit 195
(c) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which formal notices were
served requiring defects to be remedied 250
(d) Number of dwelling houses rendered fit after service of formal notice
(i) by owners 178
(ii) by local authority in default of owners 10
2. Proceedings under Sections 9, 10 and 12 of the Housing Act 1957:
(a) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served
requiring repairs 9
(b) Number of dwelling houses which were rendered fit after service of
formal notices
(i) by owners 4
(ii) by local authority in default of owners 1
3. Proceedings under Section 42 of the Housing Act 1957:
Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so dangerous or
injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation 52
4. Proceedings under Section 17 of the Housing Act 1957:
(a) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which demolition orders
were made 4
(b) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of demolition
orders 4
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