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HOUSING STATISTICS.
Inspection of dwelling houses during the year:-
1. (l) (a) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects
(under Public Health or Housing Acts.) 218
(b) Number of Inspections made for the purpose. 241
(2) (a) Number of dwelling houses (included under sub-head (l) above) Nil
which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulation 1925.
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose. Nil
(3) Number of houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious
to health as to be unfit for human habitation. Nil
(4) Number of dwelling houses (exclusive of those referred to under
the pre-ceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects 69
reasonably fit for human habitation.
2. Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal
Noticcs:-
Number of defective houses rendered fit in consequence of
informal action by the Local Authority or their officers. 55
3. Action under Statutory Powers during the year:-
A - Proceedings under Sections 9, 10 and 16 of the Housing Act,
1936:-
(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 notices:-
(a) by owners. Nil
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners. Nil
B - Proceedings under Public Health Act:-
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices
were served requiring defects to be remedied. 14
(2) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which defects
were remedied after service of formal notices:-
(a) by owners. 14
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners. Nil
Outstanding Notices.
C - Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936:-
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Demolition
Orders were made. Nil
(2) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of
Demolition Orders. Nil
D - Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936:-
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in
respect of which Closing Orders were made. Nil
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in
respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the
tenement or room having been rendered fit. Nil
4. Housing Act, 1936 - Overcrowding:-
A - (l) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year -
(2) Number of families dwelling therein. -
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein. -
B - Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the
year -
C - (l) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases -
D - Particulars of such cases in which dwelling houses have again
become overcrowded after the Local Authority have taken steps
for the abatement of overcrowding. -