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COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
The two common lodging houses in the district received 95 visits.
Notices were served for sanitary defects found and in respect of
three breaches of the bye-laws. It was necessary during the year to
secure the disinfestation of one of the houses.
TENTS, VANS, SHEDS.
Owing to house shortage there are still 16 such premises occupied
in the district, and even in some of these temporary dwellings
serious overcrowding exists.
Constant visits are paid by the sanitary inspectors to enforce
the bye-laws and to secure the best possible conditions as far as
possible.
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
These continue to be a source of anxiety. The houses so used
were originally intended for one family and are now so worn out
that any adaptation to meet the needs of the several families in
occupation would be impracticable and unreasonable.
As a result we find:—
(1) Insufficient water-closet accommodation.
(2) Insufficient accommodation for cleanliness, i.e., domestic
or personal.
(3) Lack of sink accommodation.
(4) Lack of proper cooking accommodation.
Further, the moral aspect, not necessarily a matter for the
health officer, cannot be entirely ignored.
I am satisfied that private enterprise will never provide for these,
the poorest of our homeless families, and that their satisfactory
housing will only be achieved by the erection of modern tenement