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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SHORED[TCH, HOUSING.
Statistics for the Year 1926.
Number of new houses erected during the year : —
(a) Total (including numbers given separately under (b))
(b) With State assistance under the Housing Acts "
(i) By the Local Authority.
(ii) By other bodies or persons.
1.—Unfit dwelling houses.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 9.575
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing (Consolidated) Regulations,
1925 —
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit 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 —
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
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
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered
fit—
Nil.
(a) by owners
(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
B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 6,213
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects
were remedied—
(а) by owners 6,212
(б) by Local Authority in default of owners 1