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medical conditions merited urgent rehousing but the award of "additional points" did
not give immediate help the matter was submitted to the Housing Committee, the
medical report being considered in each case.

No further overcrowding has occurred in those dwellings dealt with by the Council.
Housing Statistics
1. Inspection of Dwelling-houses:
(1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 1,552
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 3,847
(2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1)
above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing
Consolidated Regulations, 1925 -
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose -
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous
or injurious to health as to be unlit for human habitation 10
(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 231
2. Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal notices:
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action 112
3. Action under Statutory Powers during the year:
A. Proceedings under Sections 9, 10 and 12 of the Housing Act,
1957:
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices
were served requiring repairs 2
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after
service of formal notices:
(a) By owners -
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners
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