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APPENDICES.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Statistics.
Year ended 31st December, 1920.
1.—GENERAL.
(1) Estimated population 52,317
(2) General death-rate 9.73
(3) Death-rate from tuberculosis 1.01
(4) Infantile mortality 48.11
(5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes 9,424
(6) Number of working-class dwelling-houses 6,316
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected 8
2 —UNFIT DWELLING HOUSES.
I.—Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling houses inpected for housing defects
(under Public Health or Housing Acts) 418
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded
under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations,
1910 418
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous
or injurious to health as to be unlit for human habitation -
(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 246
II.—Remedy of Defects without Service of formal Notices.
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers 146
III.—Action under Statutory Powers.
A. Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town
Planning, &c-, Act, 1919
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring repairs 100
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered
fit-
(a) 1 y owners 31
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners-
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of
declarations by owners of intention to close -