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(2) Number of dwelling houses (included under sub-head
(1) above) which were inspected and recorded under
the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925
(3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for
human habitation 7
(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 132
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 112
Number of dwelling houses demolished during the year 7
Moveable Dwellings.
During the early part of 1960, four licences were renewed,
embracing a total of 111 caravans and 10 tents for the summer
months, and 106 visits were made by the District Health Inspectors
during the year to the various sites.
The Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act, 1960,
came into operation on the 29th August, 1960. It has two objects :
(1) to control the location of caravan sites, so as to prevent them
starting up in the wrong places, while allowing them to develop
in suitable places.
(2) to improve conditions on sites by requiring good standards of
layout, equipment and maintenance.
Re-Housing.
I am indebted to the Housing and Estates Manager for the
following statistics on re-housing carried out by the Local
Authority:—
Prior to During Tota as at
1960 I960 Dec. 1960
1. (a) Number of permanent dwellings
built by Local Authority (excluding
402 old type pre-1939 council
houses 2,371 18 2,389
(b) Number of pre-fabricated dwellings
built by Local Authority 319 — 314**
(c) Number of dwellings requisitioned
by Local Authority 2 — 2
2. (a) Number of families occupying 1 (a) 2,389 and lodgers
(b) Number of families occupying 1 (b) 314—5 demolished**
(c) Number of families occupying 1 (c) 18