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Sanitary Officers—
No. of Sanitary Inspectors (whole time) Male 18 ; Female ml
„ „ „ (part time) Male nil; Female nil
No. of health visitors (whole time) 11
„ „ „ (part time) nil
Housing Conditions Statistics, 1926,
Ministry of Health Table.
1.—General.
(1) Estimated population . 256,100
(2) General deathrate 11.5 per 1,000
(3)Deathrate from tuberculosis 109 per 1,000
(4) Infantile mortality . 65 per 1,000
(5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes
31,673
(6) Number of working-class dwelling-houses
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected 46
2.—Unfit Dwelling Houses.
I.—Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for bousing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 22,164
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations,
1925 5,216
(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 dwellinghouses (exclusive of those referred to
under the preceding subheading) found not to be in all
respects reasonably fit for human habitation 10,765
II.—Remedy of defects without Service of formal notices.
Number of defective dwellinghouses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers 7,215
III.—Action under Statutory Powers.
(a) Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925.
(1) Number of dwellinghouses in respect of which notices were
served requiring repairs -
(2) Number of dwellinghouses which were rendered fit after
service of formal notices: —