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Municipal Lodging House.
This is situated at Pitlake and is available for use by
"nightly lodgers." It has 104 cubicle beds, three of which are
reserved for staff. The charge is Is. per night or (is. per week.
Cooking facilities are provided. Hot baths may be taken any
time after 9 a.m. Clothes may be washed and dried in the washhouse
provided. The average number of nightly lettings during
the year was 99 and the number accommodated during the year
-36,41-5. The receipts and expenditure for the past 5 years has
been as follows : —
Receipts. Expenditure.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
1942 1,033 0 0 1,321 0 0
1943 1,039 0 0 1,480 0 0
1944 1,119 0 0 1,785 0 0
1945 1,285 0 0 1,965 0 0
1946 1,426 0 0 2,348 0 0
War Damaged Houses.
The Sanitary Inspectors visited these on complaint and those
items which appeared to be defects resulting from enemy action
we referred to the War Damage Repairs Department.
Houses—Sanitary Certificates.
House drains and sanitary fittings are tested and examined on
request, at a fee. During the year 10 such requests were made.
FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
During the year the under-mentioned inspections have been
made and defects were found as set out:—