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HOUSING.
New Houses erected during the Year.
(State assistance, 13), Houses110
By private builders (no State assistance), Tenements 2
By the London County Council, Tenements 72
184
Unfit Dwelling Houses.
Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 2,781
Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded
under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations,
1910 995
Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous
or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation 1
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 1,655
Remedy of Defects without service of formal notices.
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority or their
Officers 1,295
Action under Statutory Powers.
(a) Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town
Planning, &c. Act, 1919.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring repairs 253
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered
fit—
By owners 223
By Local Authority in default of Owners 4