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intention to increase the rent. This adds yet another responsibility
to the Public Health Department and its officers.
During the six months of last year in which the Act
was in force, a total of twenty inspections under its provisions
were made, and certificates as to the condition of the various
premises—in each case favourable to the tenant—were issued.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
1 .—General.
(1) Estimated Population 40,550
(2) General Death-rate 8.7
(3) Death-rate from Tuberculosis 6.4
(4) Infantile Mortality 36 0
(5) Number of Dwelling houses of all classes 9526
(6) Number of Working-class Dwelling-houses 1500
(7) Number of New Working-class Houses
erected 30
2.— Unfit Dwelling-houses.
I.— Inspection.
(1) Total Number of Dwelling-houses Inspected
for Housing Defects (under Public Health
or Housing Acts) 506
(2) Number of Dwelling-houses which were
Inspected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 319
(3) Number of Dwelling-houses found to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health
as to be unfit for human habitation 1
(4) Number of Dwelling-houses (exclusive of
those referred to under the preceding subheading)
found not to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation 338
II.—Remedy of Defects without service of
formal notices.
(1) Number of defective Dwelling-houses rendered
fit in consequence of informal action by
the Local Authority or their officers 305
(2) Number of Dwelling-houses closed voluntarily 1