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Appendices.
Housing Conditions.
STATISTICS FOR YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1920.
1.—General.
1. Estimated population 35,572
2. General Death Rate 11.4
3. Death-rate from tuberculosis 0.9
4. Infantile mortality .. 57
5. Number uf dwelling-houses of all classes 7,013
6. Number of working class dwelling-houses 3,176
7. Number of new working ctass houses erected 13
2.—Unfit Dwelling-houses.
I.—-Inspection.
1. Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or Housing
Acts) 773
2. Number of dwelling houses which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of
District) Regulations, 1910 130
3. Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state
so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit
for human habitation Nil
4. Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those
ferred to under the preceding sub-heading) found
not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human
habitation 449
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 319