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Table 12.—Cleansing and Disinfestation of Verminous Persons.
It was only necessary for the the Borough Cleansing Station to be used
once during the year, the request coming from the Police for the treatment
of a verminous person awaiting a charge of vagrancy.
The question as to the continuance of this Cleansing Station is to be gone
into later during the year.
Table 13.—Infected and Infested Rooms and Articles (dealt
with by the council).
Premises disinfected 62
Lots of bedding disinfected 45
„ „ destroyed 6
„ „ disinfested 3
Council houses disinfested by liquid insecticides 8
Other houses disinfested (hydrogen cyanide —, by liquid insecticides
37) 37
HOUSING.
Table 14.—HOUSING STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1950.
1. Number of Dwellings Owned by the Local Authority:—
Number of houses 256
„ „ flats 429
Total 685
(Including corporate properties.)
2. Unfit Houses.
(1) Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the Year :—
(i) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 767
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 2,887
(ii) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under
sub-head (1) above) which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 and 1932 Nil
(b) Number of re-inspections made under the
Regulations Nil
(iii) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state
so dangerous or injurious to health as to be
unfit for human habitation 3
(iv) 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 251