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Twenty-five of the 28 applications for improvement grants were
made by owner/occupiers.
Housing Statistics for the Year 1962.
Total number of valuation assessments, houses and flats, at 31st
December, 1962 25,200
(1) (a) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for defects (under
the Public Health or Housing Acts) 178
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 1,153
(2) Number of dwelling houses (included under sub-head (1) above)
which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 Nil
(3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so dangerous
or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation 4
(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 102
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 of their Officers 91
(5) (a) Unfit houses demolished 11
(b) Unfit houses closed 2
Moveable Dwellings.
Sixty-four visits were made to the six caravan sites.
Only one of these sites has received a semi-permanent licence,
viz. until 1975 and the remaining five are still under consideration by
the Council.
At the sites, this department is concerned with the provision of a
pure and wholesome water supply, adequate sanitation, drainage and
washing facilities and the proper storage of refuse.
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 Total as at
1962 1962 December, 1962
1. (a) No. of " permanent " dwellings
built by Local Authority 2,452 24 2,476
(b) No. of pre-fabricated dwellings
built by Local Authority 314 — 308*
2. (a) No. of families occupying 1 (a) 2.476 plus lodgers.
(b) No. of families occupying 1 (b) 308—6 demolished*.
3. Total number of families re-housed
during 1962 in
(a) 80—24 new houses (b) 11 re-lets
56 re-lets