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Housing Statistics for the Year 1926.
Number of new houses erected during the year: —
(a) Total (including numbers given separately
under (b)) 326
(b) With State assistance under the Housing Acts:-
(1) By the Local Authority 27
(2) By other bodies or persons 0
1. Unfit dwelling houses.
Inspection—(1) Total number of dwelling houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing
Acts) 877
(2) Number of dwelling houses which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations, 1910, or the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 124
(3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for
human habitation 5
(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" 648
2. 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 570
3. Action under Statutory Powers.
A.—Proceedings under section 3 of the Housing Act,
1925.
(1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring repairs 1
(2) Number of dwelling houses which were rendered
fit after service of formal notices:—
(a) by owners 0
(b) by Local Authority in default of owners 0
(3) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which
Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of
declarations by owners of intention to close 0