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APPENDIX A.
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) 95
b. Number of inspections made for the purpose 864
(2) a. Number of dwelling Houses (included under sub-head
(1) above) which were inspected and recorded under
the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 53
6, Number of inspections made for the purpose 742
(3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for
human habitation 20
(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 33
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 82
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 4
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after
service of formal notices—
a. By owners 26
b. By local authority in default of owner 0
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were
served requiring defects to be remedied 11
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied
after service of formal notices—
а. By owners 10
b. By local authority in default of owners 0