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MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT— Con tinned from p. 18.
Housing Statistics for the Year 1928.
Number of new houses erected during the year:—
(a) Total, including (b), (i), (ii)154
(b) With State Assistance under the
Housing Acts—
(i) By the Local Authority 5
(ii) By other bodies or persons —
I.— UNFIT DWELLING-HOUSES.
I—Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health
or Housing Acts) 1.00!)
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were
inspected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910,
or the Housing Consolidated Regulations,
1925 468
(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 subheading)
found not to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation 756
//.—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 960
III.— Action under Statutory Powers.
A :—Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act. 1925.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of
which notices were served requiring repairs Nil
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