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INSPECTION OF HOUSES
Nuriber of dwelling houses found to be in a state so
injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation 4
Number of dwelling houses (exclusive of the above) found
not to be in all respects reasonably fit 235
Number of defective dwelling houses rendered fit in
consequence of informal action 155
PROCEEDINGS UNDER SECTIONS 9,10,16 - HOUSING ACT, 1936
Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices
were served requiring repairs 7
Number of dwelling houses rendered fit after service of
formal notices
By Owners 4
By Local Authority in default of owners 2
PROCEEDINGS UNDER PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS
Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices
were served requiring defects to be remedied 13
Number of dwelling houses in which defects were
remedied after service of formal notices:-
By Owners 7
By Local Authority in default of owners
ISSUE OF CIVIL BUILDING LICENCES
Civil Building Licences are issued both by the Housing
and Town Planning Department and the Public Health Department.
Prior to the coming into operation of Circular 171 dated
the 6th September, 1946, only licences for work where
sanitary notices had been served, or work in connection with
factories and food 3hops were issued by the Public Health
Department.
The effect of Circular 171 was to further tighten up
the licensing of essential work, and local authorities were
requested to restrict the issue of licences to certain
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