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in progress in nine houses, 20 are still occupied pending
service of closing orders.
CLOSING ORDERS DETERMINED.
The closing orders in respect of six houses in
Prince's Court were determined by the Borough Council
on July 6th, 1916, after the structural alterations and
repairs agreed upon had been completed.
These included, amongst other things, the provision
of well-lighted staircases in all the houses in place of
dark, dilapidated central staircases. This is an instance
of the additional powers conferred upon local authorities
by the Housing Act of 1909. Owners can now be compelled
to carry out necessary alterations in houses which
are so faulty in original construction as to be unhealthy.
NEW BUILDINGS.
Mr. Richards reports that since 1912 new buildings
have been constructed on the sites of a number of houses
closed by order of the Council and subsequently
demolished : —
The Council Electricity Station has been constructed
on the site of five houses in New Tyssen Street.
Three dwelling houses have been built upon a site
originally occupied by 46, 48, 50 and 52, Florida Street,
and two other houses on the site of 23 and 25, Harold
Street.
A block of houses Nos. 32, 34, 36, Gosset Street,
and Nos. 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28. 30, 32, 34 and 36,
Chambord Street, all in a very dilapidated condition,
were closed and demolished by the owners after much
correspondence and an intimation that closing orders