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12—14, 16—22, 25—38, Murphy Street.—24 houses
containing 88 rooms, in which are housed 189
persons, of whom 117 are over 10 years of age,
and at rents varying from 2s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. per
week respectively;
2—6, 10, 18—22, 86—108, 112—134, 152—172,176—
200, 206—208, 214—218, 107—109, 115—139,
143—147, Farmer's Road.—78 houses containing
429 rooms, in which are housed 685 persons, of
whom 472 are 10 years of age and over, and at
rents varying from 2s. to 8s. per week respectively.
The Vestry have, therefore, during the year 1898, selected
for registration a total of 258 houses containing 1513
rooms, in which are housed 2495 persons, of whom 1623
are over 10 years of age. During 1897, there were selected
93 houses containing 566 rooms, with 992 persons. The
amount of work involved in measuring up and cubing all
the different 1513 rooms and making a detailed sanitary
inspection (with testing of drains) of each separate house
will readily be admitted, and much good will accrue from
registering these houses. The Vestry, in having appointed
an extra Inspector, are enabling this extra work to be
carried out more systematically and satisfactorily, and good
results are expected to accrue—there being no doubt but
that houses which are registered, and therefore more
frequently and regularly inspected, are in much better
condition than are those which are not so registered, at least
in respect of cleanliness and overcrowding.
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