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On 13th June, Mr. Jack Firmin, of 3, Raven Row, was summoned for
selling milk from a receptacle not having his name and address inscribed
thereon.
He was fined £2 with £3 3s. costs.
Housing Conditions Statistics,—1921.
Ministry of Health Table.
1.—General.
(1) Estimated population
249,738
(2) General death-rate
12.9 per 1,000
(3) Death-rate from tuberculosis
1.38 per 1,000
(4) Infantile mortality
89 per 1,000
(5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes
38,914
(6) Number of working-class dwelling-houses
38,914
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected
17
2—Unfit Dwelling Houses.
I.—Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 43,269
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations, 1910 13,170
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state
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 18,302
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 8,3.53
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 261
(2) Number of dwelling houses which were rendered fit:—
(а) By owners 228
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners 31
(3) N umber of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders
became operative in pursuance of declaration by owners of
intention to close 2