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HOUSING.
HOUSING.
Houses Let in Lodgings.
Registration.— At the close of 1906, 1,272 houses were on the Registers. It was found
that the houses already registered required so much time for supervision that it was thought
desirable to devote the best part of the past year to supervision rather than to increasing the
number of registered houses. In consequence only 48 houses were registered, as compared
with 140 in 1906. There were no removals from the Register, so that the number of
"registered" houses at the close of last year was 1,320.
The landlord of one house was summoned and fined £1 with 21/- costs for not furnishing
a true statement of particulars.
The streets in which houses were registered during the year are set out below
distinguishing (a) streets visited for the first time, in which all, or nearly all, the houses were
to be registered; (b) registered streets with houses left unregistered for various reasons in
previous years, requiring to be placed on the Registers; and (c) streets, certain houses of
which were specially selected for registration, owing to density of inhabitants, dirty conditionsv
&c., but where it is not intended to register the whole street.
Houses Registered, 1907.
(a) (b) (c)
South Wharf Road. Braden Street. Barnsdale Road.
Victoria Street. Hall Place. Woodfield Place.
Hermitage Street.
Kensal Road.
The customary statement of the housing and numbers of inhabitants in the houses visited
for the purposes of registration is given below. This branch of the work required 544 visits.
Housing.
No. of Houses visited with a view to Registration 67
Houses Registered 48
„ Exempt 19
Empty 1
No. of Rooms Registered 147
For living only 14
For sleeping only 63
For both purposes 70
Other Rooms in Registered Houses 155
Occupied by landlords 61
Exempt by rent 76
Occupied, not inhabited 11
Empty 7
Grand Total, Rooms 302