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Housing Conditions—Statistics, 1925,
Ministry of Health Table.
1.—General.
(1) Estimated population
256,070
(2) General death-rate
11.9 per 1,000
(3) Death-rate from tuberculosis
1.34 per 1,000
(4) Infantile mortality
73 per 1,000
(5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes
31,708
(6) Number of working-class dwelling-houses
31,708
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected
—
2.—Unfit Dwelling Houses.
I.—Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 24,748
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations 7,221
(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 2
II.—Remedy of Dejects without service of formal notices.
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence
of informed action by the Local Authority or their Officers 113
III.—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
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit: —
(a) By owners 1
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners 4
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders
became operative in pursuance of declaration by owners of
intention to close 4
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were
served requiring defects to be remedied 13,106