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Some Housing Details.
Visits to dwelling houses 7,552
Nuisances abated and improvements
effected 1,241
Total number of dwelling houses
inspected for defects (under
Public Health or Housing Acts) 2,229
Number of inspections made for the
purpose 4,921
Number of dwelling houses (included
in above) which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing
Consolidated Regulations 1925/1932 14
Number of inspections made for the
purpose 71
Number of dwelling houses found not
to be in all respects reasonably
fit for human habitation 1,619
Number of defective dwelling houses
rendered fit in consequence of
informal action 1,626
Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
(1) Number of dwelling houses in
respect of which notices
were served requiring defects
to be remedied 41
(2) Number of dwelling houses in
which defects were remedied
after service of formal notices -
(a) By owners 17
(b) By Local Authority in
default of owners 8 x
x Includes compliance in 1942
of 2 Notices served in 1941.
Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of
the Housing Act, 1936.
Number of dwelling houses in respect
of which Demolition Orders were made 7
36.