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Full particulars of the houses dealt with under the Public
Health Acts during 1920 will be found in the table appended.
YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1920.
1. General.
(1) Estimated population 82,693
(2) General death-rate 9.0
(3) Death-rate from Tuberculosis .7
(4) Infantile mortality 54
(5) Number of dwelling houses of all classes 18,550
(6) Number of working-class dwelling bouses 16,624
(7) Number of new working class bouses erected 119
2. Unfit Dwelling Houses.
1. Inspection:—
(1) Total number of dwelling houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 63
(2) Number of dwelling houses which were
spected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 4
(3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health as
to be unfit for human habitation 1
(This house was afterwards placed in a habitable
state of repair).
(4) Number of dwelling houses (exclusive of those
ferred to under the preceding sub-heading)
found not to be in all respects reasonably
fit for human habitation 4
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 of their officers 8
3. Action under Statutory Powers:—
(a) Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town
Planning, etc., Act, 1919:—
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of
which notices were served requiring
repairs 4
(2) Number of dwelling houses which were
rendered fit:—
(a) By owners 156
(b) By Local Authority in default of
owners —
(3) Number of dwelling houses in respect of
which Closing Orders became operative
in pursuance of declarations by owners
of intention to close —
(B) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of
which notices were served requiring defects
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