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to become more or less insanitary chiefly owing to the class of
tenants occupying them.
STATEMENT, required by Article V. of the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910, in regard to
the inspection of dwelling-houses under section 17 (1) of
the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909.
Number of dwelling-houses inspected under
and for the purposes of the section
573
Number of such dwelling-houses which were
considered to be in a state so dangerous or
injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation
1
Number of dwellig-houses in respect of
which representations were made to the
local authority with a view to the making
of closing orders
1 (No closing order made as
premises were vacated.)
Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which closing orders were made by the
local authority
Nil.
Number of dwelling-houses the defects in
which were remedied without the making
of closing orders
243
Number of dwelling-houses which, after the
making of closing orders, were made fit for
human habitation
Nil.
General character of the defects found to
exist in the dwelling-houses inspected
Leaking drains; broken ventilating
pipes; w.c. flushing
cisterns and pipes out of order ;
cracked and broken w.c. pans ;
broken, cracked and porous
scullery sinks and waste pipes ;
leaking roofs; absence of, or
broken paving around houses ;
holes in plaster of ceilings and
walls; damp walls ; want of
ventilation under ground floors;
general uncleanly conditions.