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Defective kitchen ranges 78
Defective stoves 100
Defective coppers 48
Defective chimneys 7
Defective chimney pots 13
Broken sash cords 534
Defective dustbins 30
Absence of, or defective gully curbs 19
Absence of, or unventilated food stores 12
Miscellaneous 37
An analysis of the house-to-house records for the year
1938 has been made, and the following statistical information
compiled therefrom:—
Dwelling Houses.
Number of houses inspected 596
Number of Rooms.
Living Rooms 1,393
Sleeping Rooms 1,613
Bed-living Rooms 52
3,058
Occupants.
Number of Occupants, Adults 2173
,, Children 373
Average number of persons per house 4.271
,, ,, room 0.833
,, ,, bedrooms 1,529
Sub-Letting.
Houses occupied by one family 429
,, ,, two families 163
,, ,, three ,, 4
,, ,, four ,, -
Number of houses sub-let—167 or 28.02 per cent.
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