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HOUSING.
During the year private builders erected 15 dwellinghouses, one block of
7 flats and converted 10 houses into 23 flats.
The erection of 132 flats in Queen Adelaide Road was completed by the
Council's Contractors during the year.
Work in connection with the erection of 86 flats in Croydon Road by the
Council's Contractors was continued during the year.
1. Inspection of Dwellinghouses during the Year :—
(1) (a) Total number of dwellinghouses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 1,003
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 1,083
(2) (a) Number of dwellinghouses (included in subhead (1) above)
which were inspected and recorded under the Housing
Consolidated Regulations, 1925 and 1932 18
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 18
(3) Number of dwellinghouses found not to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation 960
2. Remedy of Defects without Service of Formal Notices:—
Number of defective dwellinghouses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers 838
3. Action under Statutory Powers.
(a) Proceedings under Section 9 of the Housing Act, 1936 1
(b) Proceedings under Section 11 of the Housing Act, 1936 2
Demolition Orders made.
(c) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936 1
Closing Order made.
(d) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwellinghouses in respect of which notices were
served requiring defects to be remedied 118
(2) Number of dwellinghouses in which defects were remedied
after service of formal notices:—
(a) by Owners 111
(b) by Local Authority in default of Owners 7
4. Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding.
Although progress has again been made in the erection of houses and flats
and the conversion of large houses into flats, there still remains an amount of
overcrowding in the district.
The Housing Manager reports that 180 families living in overcrowded and
unsatisfactory conditions were rehoused during the year.