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Housing- Conditions—Statistics, 1923.
Ministry of Health Table.
1.—General.
(1) Estimated population 253,850
(2) General death-rate 11.4 per 1,000
(3) Death-rate from tuberculosis 1.04 per 1,000
(4) Infantile mortality 62 per 1,000
(5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes 31,692
(6) Number of working-class dwelling-houses 31,692
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected 51
2.—Unfit Dwelling Houses.
I.—Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 24,183
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations, 1910 10,891
(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 14,802
II.—Remedy of Defects without service of formal notices.
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered lit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority or their Officers 7,452
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 8
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit: —
(a) By owners 5
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners 3