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promotes their application to List 'A'." List 'C' comprise all the remaining
applicants with the lowest points for whom "so far as can be foreseen the
Council will not be able to provide accommodation within the Urban
District."
At the end of the year the 'A' List totalled 88 and the 'B' List 59. One
tuberculous family was rehoused during the year.
Inspection and Action taken under Statutory Powers
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) 4,110
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 7,220
(2) (a) Number of dwelling houses (included under sub-head (1)
above) which were inspected and recorded under the
Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 to 1932 40
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 188
(3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for
human habitation 40
(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 341
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 local authority or
their officers (including houses inspected during 1957) 277
3. Action under Statutory Powers during the year.
(a) Proceeding under Sections 9,10 and 12, of the Housing
Act, 1957.
Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices
were served requiring repairs —
Number of dwelling houses which were rendered fit after
service of formal notices:—
(a) By Owners —
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners —
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