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Demolition of damaged buildings.
34 buildings
Rehabilitation of damaged buildings..
370 buildings
Alterations and additions to existing
buildings
525 buildings
New European type houses
13 buildings
New Chinese type tenements.
54 buildings
New non-domestic buildings
Total.
94 buildings
1090 buildings
45.
Occupation permits were issued for 8 European type, 32 Chinese type houses, and 27 non-domestic buildings. Seven major fires occurred, of which one at 78, Un Chau Street was the most serious, resulting in eleven deaths. This fire was caused by the igniting of a can of petrol on the third floor and although the building was of reinforced concrete with easy means of egress, the eleven occupants were trapped in the corner of a room.
46. A total of 571 notices affecting 773 houses were served on owners of dangerous buildings.
47. There were 31 collapses of buildings affecting 38 buildings, and caused the death of 17 persons, and injuries to many others.
48. Notices were served on 628 owners of illegal structures, many of which had been erected by squatters on the sites of demolished buildings. In co-operation with the Urban Council, and the Police, many of these insanitary shacks were removed, but the erection of these illegal structures continues.
49. Some 1,056 notices affecting 1,360 houses were served in regard to choked drains.
380 inspections and reports were made upon the structural stability of premises requiring licences from other Departments.
50. 153 tests and inspections of drainage systems were carried out.
51. 41 persons were summoned for various offences under the Buildings Ordinance, and fines amounting to $4,010 were imposed. In almost every case the necessary Magistrate's order was obtained.