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APPENDICES.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
Statistics for the year ended 31st December, 1920.
1. General.
(1) Estimated population 12,901
(2) General death-rate 8.4
(3) Death-rate from tuberculosis 0.78
(4) Infant mortality , 45
(5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes 2,820
(6) Number of working-class dwelling-houses 1,140
(7) Number of new working-class houses erected 25
2. Unfit Dwelling-houses.
I. Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 725
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected or
recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations, 1910 177
(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-heading) found not to be
in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation 113
II. Remedy of Defects without Service of formal Notices.
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority or
their officers 53
III. Action under Statutory Powers.
A. Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town
Planning, etc., Act, 1919.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices
we?e served requiring repairs 1
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit—
(a) by owners —
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners —
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing
Orders became operative in pursuance of declarations
by owners of intention to close —