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Closing Orders.
During 1923, on the representation of the Medical Officer of
Health, acting under Sec. 17 (ii) of the Housing, &c., Act, 1909, the
Council made a Closing Order in respect of the following dwellinghouse:—

The Closing Order made in respect of No. 35a Ascalon Street
was determined on the 5th October, 1923. The premises were,
however, on structural grounds, found to be incapable of being
rendered fit for further use as a dwelling house.
Underground Dwellings.
No underground rooms were represented for Closing Orders
under Sec. 17 (7) of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909,
during the year.
Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions)
Acts, 1920 and 1923.
During the year 1923, applications for the certificate of the
Sanitary Authority under Section 2 of the Act of 1920 were
received in respect of 21 premises. Of this number in 15* cases
the certificates were granted and 6 applications were refused.
In addition, 4 applications for the report of the Sanitary
Authority under this section were received from owners, all of
which were granted. The main provision of the amending Act of
1923 is to require particulars of the necessary repairs to accompany
the certificate of the Sanitary Authority.
Action under Sec. 29 of Housing, &c., Act, 1919,
During the year, 15 cases, relating to 32 houses, have been
reported to the Housing Committee of owners who have collected
rent in contravention of this section which prescribes that—
" the name and address of the Medical Officer of Health for
the district, and the name and address of the landlord or
other person who is directly responsible for keeping the house
in all respects reasonably fit for habitation, shall be inscribed
in every rent book, or where a rent book is not used, shall be
*Including 2 cases in which the certificate was not issued, the necessary
repairs having been completed.