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HOUSES CLOSED.
The following houses were closed upon the service of sanitary notices,
either on account of being unfit for habitation or in order to enable the
works necessary to put them into a satisfactory sanitary condition to be
carried out in a proper and efficient manner:—
Ely Place, No. 51
Falkirk Street, No. 41
Gifford Street, No. 5
Hearne Street, No. 3
New Inn Street, No. 6
Red Lion Street, No. 3
St. John's Road, No. 136
Wickham Street, No. 6
The house in Ely Place was closed by the owner on receipt of a statutory
notice. The drains were defective, and the house was infested with rats ;
it was necessary for the premises to be vacated in order that the work could
be carried out in a speedy and efficient manner.
The house in Falkirk Street was closed by the owner on receipt of a
sanitary notice from Inspector Jordan. The house was generally in a very
dirty state and was overcrowded, being occupied by no less than eight families.
The house in Gifford Street was in a dirty and dilapidated state and
there was insufficient water-closet accommodation. It was closed by the owner
in March following on the receipt of a statutory notice, and was dealt with
under the supervision of Inspector Pearson. It was re-occupied, but later
in the year again came under notice on account of insufficient water-closet
accommodation. The house in Hearne Street was dirty and dilapidated and
the drains and sanitary arrangements generally were very defective. It was
closed upon the service of a sanitary notice by Inspector Jordan.
The house in New Inn Street was in a dirty and dilapidated state besides
being very old. It was closed for demolition on receipt of a sanitary notice
from Inspector Jordan.
No. 3, Red Lion Street was dirty, dilapidated, and the roof was defective.
It was closed by the owner on receipt of a statutory notice in order to facilitate
the execution of the necessary works.
No. 136, St. John's Road consisted of premises part of which was let as
a workshop and part as a dwelling house. The portion occupied as a dwelling
was in a dirty and dilapidated state generally, the roof was defective, also the
rain-water pipes and yard paving, moreover, the water-closet accommodation