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Table XVI
Statistics HOUSING—GENERAL
1. Inspection of dwelling-houses during the year:—
(1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under
Public Health or Housing Acts)
1,561
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose
5,818
(2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above) which
were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations,
1925
-
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose
-
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious
to health as to be unfit for human habitation
-
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding
sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human
habitation
612
2. Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal notices:—
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal
action by the local authority or their officers
685
3. Action under statutory powers during the year:—
(a) Proceedings under Sections 9, 10 and 16 of the Housing Act, 1936:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served
requiring repairs
-
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of
formal notices
(a) By owners
—
(b) By local authority in default of owners
—
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served
requiring defects to be remedied
240
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after
service of formal notices
(a) By owners
279
(b) By local authority in default of owners
—
(c) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders
were made
8
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition
Orders
-
(d) Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936:—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of
which Closing Orders were made
-
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of
which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement room having
been rendered fit
-
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4. Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding:—
(a) (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year 118
(2) Number of families dwelling therein 133
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein 578
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year 67
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year 94
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases 404
(d) Particulars of any case in which dwelling-houses have again become overcrowded
after the local authority have taken steps for the abatement of
overcrowding —