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may be desirable to issue closing orders under the Housing of the
Working Classes Act, 1890 (Part II) or attack the problem by means
of the Public Health Act, or in some other way. In this place it is
undesirable to say more than that these properties are insanitary,
and call for attention without delay. No considerable number of
persons should, however, be displaced here or anywhere else in the
Borough until some additional houses are provided. Accommodation
is not yet available for the persons to be displaced on the Aylesbury
Place, Garden Row, Roby Street, Baltic Street, and Honduras
Street areas.
E.—The cases classified under (E) are in most cases records of
completed work. It will be remembered that it is one of the duties
of the Sanitary Authority under the Housing of the Working Classes
Act, 1890, Section 4, to maintain constant oversight of house
property in their district with a view to amending defects. I have
no doubt that the Public Health Committee of the Borough Council
are fully alive to their duties in this respect.