§ Colonel DAYasked the Minister of Health if he has any statistics which show, the number of houses that were condemned for human habitation in England and Wales to the last convenient date; and if he can state the average number of persons occupying those houses and the average number of rooms contained in each house?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINAccording to the annual reports of medical officers of health for the year 1925, the latest date for which information is available, 14,035 houses were reported in that year as unfit for human habitation in England and Wales. Statistics are not available giving the further information desired by the hon. Member.