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net areas of Nos. 10,11, 12 and 13 average 33 square feet,
while that for No. 9 is 82 square feet. Nos. 9 and 10 are backto-back
houses and their whole condition may be described
as one of extreme dirt and dilapidation from roof to ground
floor. They are verminous, and the ground floor rooms are
very dark ; the staircases are dark, winding, rickety and dangerous.
No. 10 is unoccupied. No. 11 is also unoccupied
and is the last stage of dilapidation; the floors are partially up
and the back of the roof is falling in. I consider these empty
houses are a menace to the court. The back wall of No. 12
is very dilapidated and partly weatherboard; the roof is tiled,
old and more or less liable to leak; The ground floor room is
approached from the yard by a low narrow door, which is
broken ; the room itself is very dark and the floor is a foot
and half below the yard level and 3 inches below the street
level. The staircase is old, rickety and dangerous and the
top rooms are dirty and the woodwork in them is old, dirty
and dilipadated. No. 13, as stated above, is partly built over
the entrance to the court. The front door opens from this
entrance into a small, very dark and badly ventilated living
room; the scullery is very small and dark and the staircase
and rooms generally are in a dilapidated condition especially
the flooring. The back wall of this house is very dilapidated
and partly weatherboard. There is one w.c. for Nos. 12 and
13, one for Nos. 10 and ii, and No. 9 has its own. The structure
of walls and roof of the w.c.'s is very defective and
dilapidated. There are various other defects which could be
enumerated, but enough has been said to indicate the nature.
Nos. 2, 3, and 4, Clove Place, and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, Cloyne
Row were made fit for human habitation, and the Closing Orders
were determined.
Demolition Orders were served on 1—10,1 —10, and 15 —35, Woods
Place, and 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, Nolan Place.
RAG FLOCK ACT.
4 samples were taken under the above Act. One sample of
jute showed a very high percentage of impurities but no action was
taken as the Town Clerk decided on the strength of a previous
High Court case that this did not come under the definition of rag
flocks. It has now been decided by the High Court that this
material is rag flock with the result that the trade in it has been
practically given up.