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ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN.
The Registrar-General excludes from his returns from local
areas the deaths of all members of the armed forces. Information
was received of 1 death occurring in Leyton from Cancer.
Four notifications of infectious disease among members of
the forces were also received, viz.:—
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 3; and Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, 1.
These notifications are not included in Table II.
HOUSING.
House-to-house inspection is regularly carried on, especially
in the poorer neighbourhoods, in which it is found that houses tend
to become more or less insanitary chiefly owing to the class of
tenants occupying them.
STATEMENT, required by Article V. of the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910, in regard to
the inspection of dwelling-houses under section 17 (1) of
the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909.
Number of dwelling-houses inspected under
and for the purposes of the section 565
Number of such dwelling-houses which were
considered to be in a stats so dangerous or
injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation Nil.
Number of dwellirg-houses in respect of
which representations were made to the
local authority with a view to the making
of closing orders Nil.
Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which closing orders were made by the
local authority Nil.
Number of dwelling-houses the defects in
which were remedied without the making
of closing orders 395
Number of dwelling-houses which, after the
making of closing orders, were made fit for
human habitation 1
General character of the defects found to
exist in the dwelling-houses inspected Leaking drains; broken
lating pipes; w.c. flushing
cisterns and pipes out of order;
cracked and broken w.c. pans;
broken, cracked and porous
scullery sinks and waste pipes;
leaking roofs; absence of, or
broken paving around houses;
holes in plaster of ceilings and
walls; damp walls; want of
ventilation under ground floors;
general uncleanly conditions.