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recorded are set out under the headings given in the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910. During the year
a total of 3,192 houses was surveyed and recorded by the
Inspectors engaged in this work compared with 3,987 in
1922. The results of the survey were periodically reported
to the Public Health Committee. The summarised results
for the year are as follows:—
Grade 1.—In such a state by reason of impossibility
to provide adequate light, ventilation, floor
levels, height and size of rooms, and other
defects of construction, as not to be capable
of remedy, and should be on a schedule or
included in an area 14
Grade 2.—Unfit for human habitation by reason of
extensive dilapidations and dirty conditions,
but subjective to effective remedy under a
Closing Order 10
Grade 3.—Generally dilapidated, damp, dark, and
dirty, but subject to remedy either under Sec.
28 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc. Act,
1919, or the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 477
Grade 4.—Few defects, capable of being remedied
under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 1,248
Grade 5.—Satisfactory 1,443
Total 3,192
In addition to the details required to be recorded by the
above-mentioned Regulations, a record is made of the number
of persons occupying the houses. This distribution of the
population is shewn below and similar figures from previous
reports are given for comparative purposes.