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The first inspection was made on March 9th, 1911, and in all
hut one of the houses inspected defects were found.
The following will give the necessary figures required by
Article V. of the Regulations:—
No. of dwelling-houses inspected 104
,, dwelling-houses which on inspection were
considered to be in a state so dangerous or
injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation 2
,, representations made to the Council with a
view to the making of Closing Orders 2
,, Closing Orders made 0
,, dwelling-houses the defects in which were
remedied without the making of Closing
Orders 34
,, dwelling-houses which, after making of Closing
Orders were put into a fit state for
human habitation 0
No Closing Orders were made in above cases, as the work was
done voluntarily.
I have made a detailed analysis of the 104 reports presented
by the Inspector.
Dampness has been the prevailing fault in the houses examined.
The bedrooms in 60 houses, the living-rooms in 55, and the
sculleries in 16, were reported as more or less damp.
Dampness was caused by defective roofs (41), guttering (16),
pervious walls (14), and also by defective chimneys, rain-water
down-fall pipes, rain-water disposal, low floor levels, and insufficient
floor ventilation. Damp courses were absent in 13 cases.
I dealt with the causes of dampness in detail in a Report to
your Council dated May 30th, 1911.
A considerable number of the yards (49) had bad paving, and
the yard drainage in 12 was also inefficient.
Closet accommodation required improving in 39 cases, and in
19 others it appeared that the defects (some slight) were due to bad
usage on the part of the tenants.
Refuse and ashes disposal were unsatisfactory at 19 houses—
usually due to absence of or defective kind of receptacle.