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1. Unfit Dwelling Houses: inspection—
(1) Total number of Dwelling Houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health and
Housing Acts) 9,554
(2) Number of Dwelling Houses which were
spected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations 1910
Included in No. (1)
(3) Number of Dwelling Houses certified to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health as to
be unfit for human habitation Nil
(4) 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 8,500
2. Remedy of Defects without service of formal notice Nil
3. Action under Statutory powers—
A. Proceeding under Sec. 28 of Housing and
Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919:
Several warning notices to take action under this Section
were issued, the result being the carrying out of the
necessary work.
B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts:
(1) Number of Dwelling Houses in respect of
which notices were served requiring defects
to be remedied 8,500
(2) Number of Dwelling Houses in which
fects were remedied—
(a) By Owners 8,854
(b) By Local Authorityin default of Owners Nil
C. Proceedings under Sections 17 and 18 of the
Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909 Nil