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HOUSING CONDITIONS.
STATISTICS.
Year ended 31st December, 1921.
1. GENERAL.
1. Estimated population 16110
2. General death-rate 8.28
3. Death-rate from Tuberculosis 74
4. Infantile mortality 45
5. Number of dwelling houses of all classes approx. 3800
6. Number of working-class dwelling houses 789
7. Number of new working-class houses erected 104
2. UNFIT DWELLING HOUSES.
I.—Inspection.
1. Total number of dwelling houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 378
2. Number of dwelling houses which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing (Inspection
of District) Regulations, 1910 29
3. Number of dwelling houses 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 sub-heading
found not to be in all respects reasonably fit
for human habitation Nil
II.—Remedy of Defects without Service of
Formal Notices.
Number of defective dwelling houses rendered fit
in consequence of informal action by Local
Authority or their officers 187
III.—Action under Statutory Powers.
(A) Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing
and Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919 Nil
1. Number of dwelling houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring repairs 1
2. Number of dwelling houses which were rendered
fit:—
(a) By Owners 1
(b) By Local Authority in default of
Owners Nil