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INSPECTION OF DWELLING-HOUSES
A detailed analysis of all the inspections carried out during 1937 is given on pages 47-48.
The following table gives the housing statistics in the form required by the Minister of Health.
TABLE 15
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)
5,877
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose
22,670
(2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above) which
were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925
273
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose
2,470
(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 (exclusive of those referred to under the
preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit
for human habitation
2,803
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 the Local Authority or their officers
2,366*
3.
Action under Statutory Powers during the Year:—
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(a).—Proceedings under sections 17, 18 and 23 of the Housing Act, 1930:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were
served requiring repairs
15
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service
of formal notices:—
(a) By owners
9
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners
3*
(b).—Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were
served requiring defects to be remedied
564
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after
service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners
520*
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners
—
(c).—Proceedings under sections 19 and 21 of the Housing Act, 1930:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders
were made
-
(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition
Orders
2
(d).—Proceedings under section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930:—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect
of which Closing Orders were made
71
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect
of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or
room having been rendered fit
-