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Statistics for the Year 1928, are as follows:-
Number of new houses erected during the year:-
(a) Total (including numbers given separately under (b)) 72
(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) 10,265
(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—
(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 notices served requiring defects to be
remedied (intimation 6,357
(statutory 1,216
(2) Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied
under P. H. Acts, 1891—
(a) by owners 6,357
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners -