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HOUSING
Housing.
This subject is dealt with under the following sub-heads:—
(i.) Houses let in lodgings;
(ii.) Common Lodging Houses;
(iii.) Housing of the Working Classes Acts; and
(iv.) Remission of Inhabited House Duty.
Houses let in Lodgings: Registration.—At the end of 1904, 1,031 houses were on the
Register. During 1905, 194 houses were visited for the purpose of registration, of which
140 were placed on the Register, and 21 houses on the Register at the end of the previous
year, were struck off owing to the operation of the exemption clauses of the by-laws and
other causes. The total number of houses on the Register at the end of the year was 1,150.
To secure the information prescribed by the by-laws, 157 notices and 76 "reminders" were
issued, but no summonses were required. Appended is a general summary of the housing
conditions in the houses visited with a view to registration. The large proportion of exempt
houses in group B is worthy of notice.
Summary of Particulars obtained at Registration, 1905.
Housing.
Inspector Wingfield. Inspector Lawrence.
Group A. Group B.
No. of Houses visited with a view to Registration 58 136
Houses Registered 55 85
„ Exempt 3 51
„ Empty — —
No. of Rooms, registered 316 302
For living only 75 30
For sleeping only 112 127
For living and sleeping 129 145
Other Rooms 134 551
Occupied by landlords 59 120
Exempt by rent 14 408
Occupied but not inhabited 56 6
Empty 5 17
Grand Totals, Rooms 450 853
Inhabitants.
Group A. Group B.
In Registered Rooms, Persons 538 601
Persons under 10 years 140 173
Persons 10 years and upwards 398 428
In other Rooms, Persons 88 762
Persons under 10 years 14 190
Persons 10 years and upwards 74 572
Grand Totals, Persons 626 1,363
Overcrowding.
In Registered Rooms— Group A. Group B.
Families 11 43
Persons, all ages 32 190
„ under 10 years 8 73
„ 10 years and upwards 24 117
Abated by re-adjustment of occupants 6 10
Requiring removal 1 26
Cases held over, etc. 4 7