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Section IV.
HOUSING.
The housing situation in this District was fully reviewed in
my Survey Report for 1925 (pages 41 to 50); there has been
little alteration in the general housing conditions in the area
during the past year.
The number of new houses erected approximated to the average
of the number built in the two preceding years. For purposes
of comparison, the number of houses erected during 1926 and
during each of the preceding ten years is given hereunder.
1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1922. 1923. 1924. 1925. 1926.
108 55 33 0 6 69 149 110 188 311 382 326
in spite of the large number of houses erected during the
past three years there has not been any marked reduction of the
overcrowding which existed in the District. At the end of 1926
there were still 24 cases of serious overcrowding known to exist;
instances of overcrowding of a lesser degree were numerous.
Every endeavour has been made to keep up the general
standard of housing. During the year 877 dwelling houses were
inspected for housing defects, and in 648 of these houses defective
conditions were discovered; a detailed list cf the defects found
and remedied is given in Table X, page 23. In connection with
the work. 4,067 visits to premises were made by the Sanitary
Inspectors.
Closing Orders in respect of 5 dwelling houses represented
as unfit for human habitation were made by the Council in 1926.
These houses, however, are still occupied.
No complaints have been received, nor representations made
during the year in respect of any "unhealthy area."