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PROCEEDINGS.
Proceeding were taken during the year in respect of a contravention
of Section 4 of the Shops Acts 1912—Shop open after
1 p.m. on the day fixed for the weekly half-holiday. A fine of
£1. 0. 0. and costs to the extent of £6. 6. 0. were imposed.
APPENDICES.
Housing Conditions Statistics. Year ended 31st December, 1925.
1. GENERAL.
(1) Estimated Population Birth rate 48,620
Death rate 48,350
(2) General Death rate (corrected) 10.26
(3) Death rate from Tuberculosis (all forms) 0.7
(4) Infantile Mortality 73.11
(5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes 10,217
(6) *Number of working-class dwelling-houses 5,314
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected 477
*Number of new houses other than working-class 129
Total number of new houses erected of all classes 606
2. UNFIT DWELLING-HOUSES.
I. Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 406
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were
spected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations,
1910, or the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 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 2