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SECTION E
HOUSING
Housing Statistics for the Year 1952
Total number of valuation assessments, houses and
flats, at the close of the year 19,082
1. inspection of dwelling-houses during the years:-
i (a)Total number of dwelling-houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 274
(b)Number of inspections made for the purpose 1,435
ii (a)Number of dwelling-houses (included under
sub-head (i) above), which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 -
(b)Number of inspections made for the purpose -
iii Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health
as to be unfit for human habitation-
iv Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those
referred to. under preceding sub-head) found
not to be in all respects reasonably fit for
human habitation 260
2o Remedy of defects during the year without service
of Formal Notices:-
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered
fit in consequence of informal action by the
Local Authority or their officers 251
The following is a summary of the work of the
spectors during the year:-
Premises inspected 274
Number of visits 1,435
Premises with defects 260
Premises rendered fit by informal action 251
Premises rendered fit by formal action 1