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APPENDICES.
Housing Conditions Statistics. Year ended 31st December, 1921.
1. GENERAL.
(1) Estimated population Birth rate 47,290
Death rate 45,732
(2) General Death Rate 11.28
(3) Death Rate from Tuberculosis .98
(4) Infantile Mortality 69 4
(5) Number of dwelling houses of all classes 9,066
(6) *Number of working-class dwelling houses 4,565
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected
by Council 184
*Number of new houses other than working class 31
2. UNFIT DWELLING-HOUSES.
I. Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health
or Housing Acts) 500
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were
inspected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 2
(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
(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 307
(5) Number of houses, listed for inspection under
the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations, 1910, at end of year 1519