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(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit—
(a) by owners 16
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners 0
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders became
operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close 2
B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served
quiring defects to be remedied 3,164
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied—
(a) by owners 2,546
(b)by Local Authority in default of owners 0
C. Proceedings under sections 17 and IS of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 190V.
(1) Number of representations made with a view to the making of Closing
Orders 3
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were made 3
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were
determined, the dwelling-houses having been rendered fit *2
(4) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were
made †5
(5) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition
Orders 0
*Closed in 1919. †Appeal made to Minister of Health.
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 1
No
(2) Acreage action
(3) Number of working-class houses in area taken or
(4) Number of working-class persons to be displaced needed.
4.—Number of houses not complying with the building bye-laws erected with consent
of Local Authority under section 25 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1919 85
5.—Staff engaged on housing work with, briefly, the duties of each officer.— The Staff of the
Health Department engaged in connection with housing, consists of 1 Chief and 7 District Sanitary
Inspectors and 2 Clerks. Each Sanitary Inspector carries out in his district all the duties prescribed
under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910.
Administration of Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
The following tables shew the number of premises visited in pursuance of the provisions of the
Factory and Workshop Act and the action taken in connection therewith.
Table No. 38.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework.
Inspection—Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
Premises.
Number of
Primary
Inspections.
Written Notices.
Prosecutions.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Factories (including Factory laundries)
143
18
-
Workshops (including Workshop laundries)
169
4
-
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises
included in Part 3 of this Report)
12
3
-
Total
324
25
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