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APPENDIX XIV.
Housing Statistics for the Year 1925.
Number of new houses erected during the year—
(a) Total 136
(b) With State assistance under the Housing Acts:
(i.) By the Local Authority —
(ii.) By other bodies or persons —
1. Unfit Dwelling-houses.
Inspection—(1) Total number of dwelling-houses
inspected for housing defects (under Public
Health or Housing Acts) 776
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were
inspected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations,
1910, or the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 442
(3) Number of dwelling-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 preceding
sub-head) found not to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation 526
2. 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 403
3. Action under Statutory Powers.
A.—Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing
Act, 1925—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which notices were served requiring
repairs Nil.