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3.—Unhealthy Areas.
Areas represented to the Local Authority with a view to
Improvement Schemes under (a) Part I. or (b) Part II. of the Act
of 1890,
(1) Name of area
(2) Acreage Nil
(3) Number of Working-class houses in area
(4) Number of Working-class persons to be displaced
Number of houses not complying with the building byelaws
erected with consent of Local Authority under section 25 of the
Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919:—Nil.
Fitness of Houses.—The general standard of houses is
good. The defects found as the result of inspections under the
Housing Acts have been for the most part dampness (due in some
measure to the nature of the subsoil of the larger part of the
District), leaky roofs, defective yard paving, defective floors and
want of cleansing. Serious dilapidation is infrequently met with.
A total of 8,755 visits and re-visits was paid by the
Inspectors during the year. These included 319 houses
inspected under Housing and Town Planning Act (House to
House), 187 in connection with cases of infectious disease, and
106 in consequence of complaints received. Altogether 415
preliminary notices and 33 statutory notices were served. Legal
proceedings were not necessitated in any case. In each of the 33
instances the work required was carried out.