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Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909.
The following reports were submitted to the Council during
the year under report and in each case Closing Orders under Section
17 of the above Act were made:-
2, 3 and 4, Clove Place.
I beg to report the above houses for closing orders under
Section 17 as being unfit for human habitation.
The following are the main defects: Want of thorough
ventilation on all floors; at present they are of the back-toback
type. All the woodwork in the houses is old, dirty and
dilapidated, the light and ventilation in the rooms and staircases
defective, and dampness in the back walls, which are
also dilapidated.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Cloyne Row.
The above houses have been inspected in accordance with
Section 17 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909, to
ascertain whether they are in a state so dangerous or injurious
to health as to be unfit for human habitation.
The following is the result of the inspection:—They are
small two-storied cottages, each containing 3 rooms and a
wash-house. They abut on a pathway, 4 ft. 6 ins. wide, which
leads from the bottom of New Church Street into Loftie Street.
As, however, there are no high buildings opposite there is
little obstruction to the light. The back walls of the washhouses
and back rooms, first floor, are very close to the wall
of a large warehouse, which completely blocks out light and
ventilation. The yards, which are situated at the side of the
washhouse, have a superficial area of about 8 sq. ft., but as half
of this is taken up by the w.c's., the actual area of the open yard
is about 4 sq. ft. The water-tap is placed here, with the result
that the surrounding walls are in a chronic state of dampness
owing to the splashing of the tap water. The w.c's. are very
small, dark, damp, badly ventilated and dirty. The back
ground floor rooms, used as wash-houses, are very dark, dirty,
damp and dilapidated ; there is a small window in the back
wall, but this is close to the wall of the opposite warehouse, so
that very little light penetrates. The walls of the ground floor
front rooms are in most cases match-boarded, probably to hide