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During the year 1902 an inquiry was held by the Local
Government Board with reference to an application for a
loan proposed to be raised for the erection of Workmen's
Dwellings under the Housing of the Working Classes Act,
which application was granted.
The scheme involved the erection of 60 houses:—
Class I.—There are 12 Cottages of this class having the
following accommodation:—
1 Kitchen and 1 Scullery, 2 Bedrooms.
The Cottages of this class are let at 5s. 9d. per week.
Class II.—There are 12 Cottages of this class containing
the following rooms:—
Kitchen, Scullery, Front Room, 2 Bedrooms.
These Cottages are let at 7s. 6d. per week.
Class III.—There are 18 Cottages of this class having the
following accommodation, the alternate cottages having a
frontage of 14ft. 3in. and 16ft. 9in.:—
Front Boom, Kitchen, Scullery, 3 Bedrooms.
These Cottages are let at a rental of 8s. 6d. per week.
Class IV.—There are 18 Cottages of this Class having the
following accommodation:—
Front Boom, Kitchen, Scullery, 4 Bedrooms.
These Cottages are let at a rental of 10s. 6d. per week.
The Surveyor informs me that 399 houses were erected
in the course of the year. The erection of these was supervised
by members of the Surveyor's staff-
Housing, Town Planning Act, 1909.
The Regulations made under this Act and which were
issued by the Local Government Board in 1910 require that
periodical and detailed inspections of the district shall be
made in order to bring to light insanitary conditions in or