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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) 2,444
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 4,216
(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 1
(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 1
(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 173
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 1963) 131
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 26
(2) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were remedied
after service of formal notices:—
(a) By Owners 11
(b) By Local Authority 8
4. Housing Act 1957—Part IV (Overcrowding)
(a) (1) Number of dwelling houses overcrowded at the end of the
year 8
(2) Number of families dwelling therein 9
(3) Equivalent number of adults dwelling therein 55½
(b) Number of new cases reported during the year 3
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year 5
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases 28½
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling houses have
again become overcrowded after the local authority
have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding —
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