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HOUSING.
Renewed efforts were made to get the Ministry of
Health to sanction the erection of the 22 houses required
to complete the Council's Housing Estate. Further
schemes were submitted and finally one was agreed to, and
the houses are being erected and will probably be completed
during the coming year.
There is unquestionably considerable overcrowding in
the district, and smaller and less expensive houses or flats
are urgently needed.
Of the 186 houses on the Council's Estate 32 are of
the non-parlour variety, 126 parlour, and 14 bungalow type.
There are 16 parlour houses in course of erection.
HOUSING STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1925.
Number of new houses erected during the year:—
(a). Total (including numbers given separately
under (b) 259
(b). With State Assistance under Housing
Acts Nil.
(i.) By the Local Authority Nil.
(ii.) By other bodies or persons Nil.
(1).—UNFIT DWELLING-HOUSES.
Inspection.
(1). Total number of dwelling-houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing
Acts) 249
(2). Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing (Inspection
of District) Regulations, 1910, or the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 144
(3). Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit
for human habitation 2
(4). Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those
referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to
be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation 114
(2).—REMEDY OF DEFECTS WITHOUT SERVICE
OF FORMAL NOTICE.
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit
in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority
or their officers 240