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such as Spring Lane Cottages, Bankstock Buildings and Priory
Place have been put by the Owners into good condition. The
Closing Orders on Spring Lane Cottages were determined by the
Council in March, after the Cottages had been put into thoroughly
satisfactory repair.
It is, however, not a business proposition to adequately
repair a great many of the houses in the Borough, and only
under pressure is it possible to have any work whatever carried
out on much of the property.
The following table shows how, with increasing dilapidation,
and also as a result of War time neglect, the amount of repairs
required has increased, a fact well evidenced by the number of
complaints of leaky roofs that follow any heavy downfall of rain.

Matters that should receive the careful attention of the
authorities are the situation that may arise should the Increase of
Rents, etc. Act, 1920, lapse, and the increasing tendency on the
part of owners and agents to shelve responsibility by inducing
incoming tenants to sign agreements to undertake repairs on property,
that is, or is about to become, ruinous. (See pages 93-4.)