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Housing Inspections
I. Inspection of dwelling houses during the year:–
(1) (a) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for
housing defects (under the Public Health or
Housing Acts) 1,236
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 3,781
(2) (a) Number of dwelling houses (included under
sub-head (1) above) which are inspected and
recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 and 1932 19
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 16
(3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for
human habitation (N.B. These comprise individual
unfit houses) 1
(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 291
II. Unfit houses closed:-
(1) Under Sections 16(4), 17(1) and 35(1), Housing Act,
1957 4
(2) Under Sections 17(3) and 26, Housing Act, 1957
(3) Parts of buildings closed under Section 18, Housing
Act, 1957 1
III. Unfit houses made fit and houses in which defects
were remedied:–
(1) After informal action by Local Authority 395*
(2) After formal notice under (a) Public Health Acts 105
(b) Sections 9 and 16,
Housing Act, 1957 –
(3) Under Section 24, Housing Act, 1957 –
* including those notices outstanding from previous years.