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REPORT OF INSPECTOR
OF
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
I have much pleasure in submitting for your consideration
my Annual Statement in regard to Houses Let in
Lodgings, or occupied by members of more than one
family, this being the Ninth Annual Report I have
been privileged to bring under your notice on the subject.
During the year 19 houses were recommended for registration,
and 16 were by resolution of the Board placed under
the Bye-laws; the owners of the other three took the
necessary steps to comply with the requirements. The
19 houses, recommended for registration contained 150 rooms,
and were occupied by 75 families, consisting of 389 persons;
34 rooms were overcrowded and deficient in the prescribed
air space to the extent of 15159 cubic feet, showing an
average deficiency of air space of 445 cubic feet each.
Some of the houses were not overcrowded, but the floors
were in such a dirty condition, and the proper cleansing of
the houses so neglected, that the Board decided to place
them under the Bye-laws, thus rendering the landlords and
lodgers liable to penalties if they failed to keep their houses
in a cleanly and wholesome condition.