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(ii) 2 insanitary houses have been closed (but not
demolished) on an undertaking (which has not
been cancelled) of the owner under Section 19.
(iii) 1,861 houses have been made fit as the result of
informal notice preliminary to formal notice under
vSection 17.
The following statistics are of interest and serve to shew
the continued progress by this Authority to deal with the
housing situation.
Number of New Houses erected during the year 1934, etc.
(1) Total number of new houses erected within the
Borough 318
(2) Number of new houses erected by the Local
Authority with State assistance under the
Housing Acts :
(a) Within the Borough (included in (1)
above) 140
(b) Outside the Borough area 14
(3) Number of houses and flats now owned by the
Council and let to members of the working
classes 1508
By reason of the fact that the systematic inspection of
houses of the artisan type has for the years past been a special
feature of the work of the department, the general fitness from
a sanitary point of view of this type of house within the Borough
is of a very fair standard.
Appended is a tabular statement of this work carried out
under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1935.
From this it will be seen that 872 houses were inspected under
the above-mentioned Regulations during the year. It is
interesting to observe that 298 of these, or over 34 per cent.,
were occupied by two or more families.
The Housing Statistics set out below are in accordance with
the requirements of the Ministry of Health Circular No. 1417.