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HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Statistics.
Year ended 31st December, 1922.
1.—GENERAL.
(1) Census (corrected) population 58,000
(2) General death-rate 9.4
(3) Death-rate from tuberculosis 63
(4) Infantile mortality 44
(5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes
(separately rated) 12,995
(6) Number of working-class dwelling-houses
(approximate) 8,910
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected 52
2.—UNFIT DWELLING-HOUSES.
I.—Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health
or Housing Acts) 1,348
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were
spected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 479
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health as
to be unfit for human habitation Nil
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those
referred to under the preceding sub-heading)
found not to be in all respects reasonably
fit for human habitation 1,157
II.—Remedy of defects without service of
Formal Notices.
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in
consequence of informal action by the Local
Authority or their Officers 964
III.—Action under Statutory Powers.
(a) Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing,
Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919 Nil
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 136
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