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HOUSING.
Number of New Houses erected during the year:—
(a) By private enterprise 1
(b) As part of a municipal housing scheme 318
Total 319
Unfit Dwelling Houses.
Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects
(under Public Health or Housing Acts) 2777
Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded
under the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations, 1910 573
Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation —
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 •• 2169
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 1655
Action under Statutory Powers.
(a) Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town
Planning, &c., Act, 1919.
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring repairs 358