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as half an adult is not physiologically corrcct. It may be near
enough to the mark if all under 10 as an average are assessed in
this way ; but when the under fives are ignored and merely those
of 5 to 10 considered, a child should be reckoned as nearer an adult.
4. Fitness of Houses.
No special difficulties have been found under the Public
Health Acts or Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925. There arc few
houses which arc not provided with an adequate internal water
supply. There arc about 10 houses fitted with a private supply
placed externally to the house,' and two separate lots of about
8 houses each, fitted with a common tap. About 10 houses arc
supplied each by its own well.
There is in the district no sanitary accommodation common
to more than one house. There are about 25 houses fitted with
earth closets emptied by the Council, and a further dozen in which
the occupants dispose of the contents.
5. Unhealthy Areas.
There are no groups of houses in the district which can be
classified as unhealthy areas.
6. Eye-laws.
(1) Relating to houses let in lodgings. There is only one
house in the district which could be classified as a house let-inlodgings.
Owing to the rent limit in the bye-laws, the issue was
evaded by raising the rents of the tenants to above the minimum
figure.
(2) Relating to Tents, Vans and Sheds. The chief difficulty in
dealing with tents, vans and sheds, is due to the fact that the
occupants arc itinerant and have moved on before any action can
be taken. The position will not be satisfactory until all districts
possess bye-laws in which each tent or van is counted as a house,
needing its individual water supply and sanitary accommodation.
The police arc rendering assistance with respect to van dwellers
whenever they arc able to do so.