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The genera] standard of houses within the District is
very good.
The character of defects found on inspection does not
indicate the existence of serious structural defects. The
occupiers of the working class houses are, with few exceptions,
quite a good class of tenant, the number of dirty and
destructive tenants being small.
There could, with advantage, be more supervision by
certain owners of property, and there appears to be a tendency
for some owners not to carry out any repairs until
they are requested to do so by the Sanitary Authority.
Number of new houses erected during the year
(a) Total (including numbers given separately
under (b) ) 241
(b) With State assistance under the Housing Acts:
(i) By the Local Authority 24
(ii) By other bodies or persons 6
1. Unfit Dwelling Houses.
Inspection. (1) Total number of Dwelling Houses
inspected for housing defects (under Public
Health or Housing Acts) 292
(2) Number of Dwelling Houses which were
inspected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910, or the
Housing Consolidation Regulations, 1925 46
(3) Number of Dwelling Houses found to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health as to
be unfit for human habitation —
(4) Number of Dwelling Houses (excluding those
referred to under the preceding sub-heading)
found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for
human habitation 138
2. Remedy of Defects Without Service of Formal
Notices.
Number of defective Dwelling Houses rendered fit
in consequence of the Local Authority or their
Officers 134
3. Action under Statutory Powers.
A. Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act,
1925:—
(1) Number of Dwelling Houses of which notices
were served requiring repairs —