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Housing Statistics for the year 1925.
The following table is required by the Ministry of Health.
Nunber of new houses erected during the year :—
(a) Total including (b.) 2959
(b) With State assistance under the Housing Acts.
( i. ) By the Local Authority 0
(ii.) By other bodies or persons 2692
1. Unfit dwelling houses—
Inspection, (l) Total No. of houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or Housing
Acts) 697
(2) No. of houses which were inspected and recorded
under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations,
1910 or Housing Regulations 1925 422
(3) No. of houses found to be in a state so dangerous or
injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation 4
(4.) No. of houses (exclusive of sub-heading 3) found not
not to be in all respects reasonable fit for human habitation
430
2. Remedy of defects without service of formal notices—
No. of defective houses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority or their
Officers. 177
3. Action under Statutory Powers—
A. Proceedings under section 3 Housing Act, 1925.
(1) No. of houses in respect of which notices were
served requiring repairs 0
(2) No. of houses which were rendered fit—
(a) by owners 0
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners 0
(3) No. of houses in respect of which Closing Orders
became operative in pursuance of declarations by
owners of intentions to close 0
B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts—
(1) No. of houses in respect of which notices were
served requiring defects to be remedied 193
(2) No. of dwelling houses in which defects were
remedied—
(a) by owners 96
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners 0
C. Proceedings under sections 11, 14 and 15 of the
Housing Act, 1925.