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V. Appendices, Statistics for year ending 31st December, 1929.
APPENDICES.
Housing Conditions Statistics. Year ended 31st December, 1929.
I. GENERAL.
(1) Estimated population—Birth rate 63,070
Death rate 62,240
(2) General Death rate (corrected) 11.5
(3) Death rate from Tuberculosis (all forms) 0.8
(4) Infantile Mortality 46.38
(5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes 15,220
Total number of new houses erected of all classes 1,551
Number of New Houses erected during the year:—
(a) Total (including figures given below) 1,551
(b) With State assistance under the Housing Acts:—
(1) By the Local Authority 181
(2) By other Bodies or Persons —
2. UNFIT DWELLING HOUSES.
I. Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 1104
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 227
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health as to
be unfit for human habitation 47
(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 488