§ Mr. THORNEasked the Minister of Health the number of back-to-back houses there are in the city of Birmingham; the number that have been condemned as unfit for human habitation; and the number of houses that have been built by the Birmingham Corporation to let at a reasonable rent for the working people.
Sir H. YOUNGExact information as to the number of back-to-back houses in Birmingham is not available, and it is not possible to distinguish the number of such houses found to be unfit for habitation from other unfit houses. Orders for the demolition of approximately 1,000 unfit houses have already been confirmed, and proposals covering a further 1,100 houses are under consideration. Since the Armistice the Corporation have provided under the Housing Acts 41,164 houses.