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Pott St. shewn on the attached plan, and I find that eighty-four
per cent. of the houses in this area are so dilapidated and decayed
as to be quite unfit for habitation, I am of opinion that their
continued occupation is injurious to the health of the inhabitants
of these houses and the neighbouring buildings.
I say, moreover, that the evils connected with these houses and
the sanitary defects thereof cannot be effectually remedied otherwise
than by an improvement scheme for the re-arrangement and reconstruction
of the streets and houses within the area.
Pitt St. contains:—
47 houses, 201 rooms, 259 inhabitants.
37 of these houses are unfit for habitation and should be
closed.
Pott St. (east side) contains:—
24 houses, 135 rooms, 96 inhabitants.
22 of these are unfit and should be closed.
Lucas St. contains:—
12 houses, 60 rooms, 75 inhabitants.
11 unfit.
Archer St. contains:—
3 houses, 11 rooms, 21 inhabitants.
2 unfit.
A total of eighty-six houses inhabited by 451 persons living in
407 rooms.
Of the 86 houses in the area 72 are unfit for habitation and should
be closed, a proportion of eighty-three per cent. of the whole
number.