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Inspection and Action taken undei 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) 3,743
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 6,706
(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 5
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 8
(3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for
human habitation 5
(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 187
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 1958) 166
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 —
(b) Proceeding under Public Health Acts.
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which formal
notices were served requiring defects to be remedied 12
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were remedied
after service of formal notices:—
(a) By Owners 22
(b) By Local Authority —
4. Housing Act, 1957—Part IV (Overcrowding).
(a) (1) Number of dwelling houses overcrowded at the end of the
year 27
(2) Number of families dwelling therein 46
(3) Equivalent number of adults dwelling therein 176½
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