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ACTION TAKEN (OTHER THAN UNDER H. & T. P. ACT):-
Caution or intimation notices given 3,521
Statutory orders issued 305
Summonses served 2
Convictions obtained 2
HOUSING REGULATIONS, 1910.
ARTICLE Y.
Number of dwelling houses inspected under Section 17 of
the H. and T. P. Act, 1909 16
Number of them considered dangerous and injurious, so
as to be unfit for human habitation 16
Number of representations made to local authority with a
view to making of closing orders 21
Number of closing orders made 21
Number of houses where defects were remedied without
making of closing orders Nil.
Number of houses where defects were remedied after
making closing order Nil.
The general character of defects See Below*
Number of premises closed voluntarily 1
Number of premises demolished voluntarily:—
(a) Without closing order 1
(b) After closing order 5
Illegal underground rooms vacated Nil-
Number of premises dealt with under Section 15, H. and
T. P. Act 7
Number of houses on which closing orders existed at end
of year (all in St. Mary's Gardens) 16
That there is a sufficiency of houses in the district for artizans
and labourers is shown by the small number of them erected during the.
year, and the number vacant, although "to let" at reasonable rents.
*The defects found are too varied and numerous for inclusion in any tabular
statement, but they are detailed in our Register.
ANNUAL ACCOUNT UNDER THE H.W.C. ACT, 1890.
PART II., SECTION 44.
I. which provides that the Local Authority shall present every year
to the Board, in such form, D. 13 (A), as they may direct, an account
of what has been done and of all monies received and paid by theAuthority
during the previous year ending March 31st, 1913.