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APPENDICES.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Statistics—Year ended 31st December, 1921.
1.—GENERAL.
(1) Estimated population 224,200
(2) General death-rate 11.5
(3) Death-rate from Tuberculosis 1.17
(4) Infantile mortality 64
(5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes 34,710
(6) Number of working-class dwelling-
houses—Rateable value of £20 or
under, approximately 13,000
(7) Number of new working-class houses
erected and occupied (portion of
scheme for the erection of 80 houses). 40
2.—UNFIT DWELLING-HOUSES.
1.—Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health
or Housing Acts) 9,234
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were
spected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 1,622
(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