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APPENDICES.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
STATISTICS.
Year ending 31st December, 1920.
1.—General.
Estimated population 141,666
General Death Rate 10.5
Death Rate from Tuberculosis 1.32
Infantile Mortality 61
Number of dwelling-houses of all classes 26,211
Number of working-class dwelling houses 22,084
Number of new working-class houses erected 12
2.—Unfit Dwelling-houses.
1.—Inspection.
Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 5,610
Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations, 1910 2,680
Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for
human habitation 63
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
1,734
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 2,870
* Includes Intimation Notices.