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Inspection of Dwelling Houses and Statutory Action.
(i) Housing Acts and Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925/32.
No statutory proceedings were instituted, or official representations
made, during the year under the repairs sections (9 and 10)
of the Housing Act, 1936, the demolition and •closure sections
(11, 12, 13, and 16), or the Housing Consolidated Regulations,
1925/32.
Attention is drawn, however, to the joint report by the
Medical Officer of Health and the Senior Sanitary Inspector on
page 59, which gives details of a preliminary survey of housing
conditions in 10 areas in the Borough. This survey involved some
4,446 visits by Sanitary Inspectors, and its findings are tabulated
separately in the form of an Appendix to that Report—page 69.
(ii) Public Health Acts
(a) Houses and Inspections
Details are given hereunder of the number of houses inspected
under the provisions of the Public Health Acts in consequence of
complaints received and routine inspection of district.
Number of houses inspected 2,144
Number of inspections made for the purpose 12,146
Number of houses found not reasonably fit for human
habitation 1,023
(b) Notices Served.
(i) Informal.
During the year 1,023 written intimations (informal notices)
were served requiring execution of works to remedy defects in
dwelling houses.
(ii) Statutory or Formal.
During the year 454 statutory (formal) notices were served
requiring execution of work to remedy defects in dwelling houses.
(c) Remedy of Defects.
(i) Informal.
Number of houses in which defects were remedied in
consequence of informal action 531
(ii) Statutory or Formal.
Number of houses in which defects were remedied in
consequence of statutory or formal notices:
By owners 316
By the Local Authority in default of owners 79