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embodied in the report of the Sub-Committee, were approved by the Council. A scheme of work
based on these Resolutions was prepared and has been carried out energetically in the three past
years, with the result that very considerable improvements nave been obtained, particularly in the
tenement houses. The work performed in pursuance of the 1923 policy may be described under the
following headings:—
(1) Registration of houses let in lodgings.
(2) Improvements in houses being placed on the Register.
(3) Improvements in houses let in lodgings which were on the Register on January 1st, 1923.
(4) Improvements in mews dwellings.
(5) Closing Orders in respect of underground rooms.
(6) Closing Orders in respect of houses unfit for habitation.
(7) Work under Section 28 of the Housing. Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919, and Section 3
of the Housing Act, 1925.
(8) Work under Part III of the Housing Acts, 1890 and 1925.
(9) Improvements in house management.
(10) General Summary.
(1) Registration of Houses Let in Lodgings.
In January, 1923, the Council resolved to appoint a Temporary Sanitary Inspector to enable
the inspection, measuring up, etc., to be carried out in those houses proposed to be placed on the
Council's Register of Houses Let in Lodgings. The Inspector appointed commenced duty in the
Golborne Ward on May 1st, 1923.
Early in 1924, the Council appointed a second Temporary Sanitary Inspector for the purpose
of speeding up registration, and this officer commenced work on April 14th of that year.

In addition to the above, twenty-three houses have been placed on the Register by the District
Sanitary Inspectors.
The total number of houses on the Register on December 31st 1925, was 3,614.
(2) Improvements in Houses being placed on the Register.
At the time of measuring up for the purpose of registration, the Temporary Sanitary Inspectors
prepare a list of all defects found and improvements required, and issue Intimation Notices calling
for the necessary repairs and alterations. The details in regard to each house are reported at the
fortnightly meetings which are specially held for this purpose by the Public Health Committee,
who, in necessary cases, give directions for the issue of Statutory Notices with a view to bringing
the houses up to the highest reasonable standard of habitability attainable under present legislation.
The drains are tested in every case and notices served in respect of defects found.