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HOUSING.
Table 13.—HOUSING STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1951.
1. Number of Dwellings Owned by the Local Authority
Number of houses 256 Total 726
„ „ flats 470
(Including corporate properties.)
2. Unfit Houses.
(I) Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the Year:—
(i) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 642
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpos 2,056
(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 hu an habitation Nil
(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 174
(II) 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 (including 22 cases outstanding from
the previous year) 115