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was insufficient. On receipt of a statutory notice the house was closed as a
dwelling. The premises were dealt with under the supervision of Inspector
Langstone, and have since been used entirely for business purposes.
The house in Wickham Street was closed by the owner on receipt of a
sanitary notice from Inspector Langstone, in order to facilitate the reconstruction
of the drains and the general cleansing and repairing of the premises.
DEMOLITION OF HOUSES OCCUPIED BY PERSONS OF
THE WORKING CLASS.
The following houses came under my notice during the year as being closed
for demolition:—
Earl Street, Nos. 34, 36 and 38. These houses each consist of 7 rooms
with a scullery. They were occupied by persons of the working class. The
number of inhabitants was, approximately, 40. Their sites will be used for
business premises.
ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS.
There are some 48 blocks of artizans dwellings in the Borough. Particulars
in respect to them are contained in previous Annual Reports. They
were under observation during the year, and their sanitary condition may be
described generally as satisfactory. As in previous years, for the purposes of
comparison they have been divided into two classes, A including those occupied
by persons who on the whole are in comfortable or fairly comfortable circumstances,
and B including those occupied by people in very poor circumstances.
Class B includes the same dwellings as in previous years.

The conditions associated with residence in the class A are, from a sanitary
point of view, superior to those in the class B dwellings.