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result that considerable overcrowding continues. It is difficult to
determine how this can be dealt with effectually until more houses
are provided, but every endeavour is made in any serious case that
comes to the knowledge of your Sanitary Officers to secure the best
possible arrangements for sleeping accommodation.
Fitness of Houses.
The classes of houses in the District vary considerably, some
both large and small having been erected many years. As, owing to
the restriction of labour and materials during the War, repairs which
up to that time had received continued attention came practically
to a standstill, with the result that since the Armistice a good deal
of leeway has had to be made up, but your Officers as a rule find
owners ready to carry out the repairs necessary, with the result that
a considerable amount of work has been carried out. The principal
defects found were in connection with roofs, gutters, yard paving
and sanitary fittings; there was also dampness in waJls and in a
number of cases internal repairs and cleansing were necessary.
Housing.
The detailed statistics as to action under this Act is given in the
form specified:—
The following are the particulars required by Article 5 of these
Regulations to be included in my Report:—
Number of dwelling-houses inspected 0
Number of houses considered on inspection to be in
a condition so dangerous as to be unfit for human
habitation 0
Number of houses closed and demolished without
orders 0
Number of houses closed 0
Number of houses closed and demolished following
Closing Orders 0
Number of representations made to the Local Authority
with a view to the making of Closing
Orders 0
Number of Closing Orders made 0
»N umber of houses where defects were remedied
without service of Closing Orders 0
Number of Houses which, after making of Closing
Orders, were put in a fit state 0
"This inquiry appears to refer to dwellings which, on inspection, were
found to be unfit for human habitation, and although defects were found at
some of the houses inspected, they were not such as to require the issue of
Closing Orders.