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Barnet 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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HOUSING STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1926. Number of new houses erected during the year:-
| (a) Total including numbers given separately under (b). | 166 |
| (b) With State Assistance under the Housing Acts. | |
| (i) By the Local Authority. | 23 |
| (ii) By other bodies or persons. | 9 |
| (1) Unfit dwelling-houses. | |
| Inspection - (1) Total number of dwelling-houses Inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts). | 131 |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses whioh were inspeoted and recordod under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regs. 1910, or the Housing Consolidated Regs. 1925. | 44 |
| (3) Number of dwellinghouses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation. | 2 |
| (4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding subhead) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for habitation. | 77 |
| (2) Remedy of defects without service of formal Notices. Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequenoe of informal action by the Local Authority or their Officers. | 53 |
| (3) Action under Statutory Powers. A Proceedings under sec. 3 of the Housing Act 1925. | |
| (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs. | Nil. |
| (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notioes:- | |
| (a) By owners. | |
| (b) By Local Authority in default of owners. | - |