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DRAINAGE WORK.
Legal proceedings were taken during the year in
respect of various offences in connection with drainage
work, as follows:—
Constructing drain without giving notice, 2;
constructing drain in such manner as to be
nuisance, 1.
The proceedings were successful in 2 cases, in
the other case the summons was withdrawn, the
defendant being convicted for another offence.
HOUSING.
Apart from brief references in the reports of the
last two years, housing has not been specially reported
upon in any annual report since 1919, when Dr. Oates
gave a very full account of the situation at that time,
including a list of about 13 unhealthy areas in addition
to the Brady Street area, which was originally represented
in 1904. These areas, and Dr. Oates's general
description of them, were as follows:—
No. 1.—Green Street Area.—27 Acres, 923 houses, population
5,538. Congested in parts and insanitary. Bad
arrangement of streets. Many houses worn out and
insanitary. (Represented to L.C.C.—20-2-20.)
No. 2.—Cranbrook Street Area.—13 Acres, 523 houses, population
3,138. Congested in parts and insanitary. Bad
arrangement of streets. Many houses worn out and
insanitary. (Represented to L.C.C.—20-2-20.)
No. 3.—Collingwood Street Area.—6 Acres, 286 houses, population
1,716. Congested. Houses worn out. (Represented
to L.C.C.—20-2-20.)
No. 4.—Pott Street Area.—6 Acres, 239 houses, population 1,434.
Congested. Houses worn out, and narrow and badly
arranged streets. (Represented to L.C.C.—20-2-20.)
No. 5.—Pedley Street Area.—4 Acres, 174 houses, population
1,044. Congested. Houses worn out, and narrow and
badly arranged streets. (Represented to L.C.C.—20-2-20.)