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HOUSING.
During the year 415 houses were erected in the district,
but only 54 of these were of the type suitable for
occupation by the working classes, and all of them were
erected by the Council.
At the beginning of the year 76 houses where overcrowding
existed were known to the department, and 66
were added during the year, while in 56 houses the overcrowding
was abated, leaving 86 still overcrowded at
the end of the year. These cases have come to our
notice in the course of the ordinary work of the department,
and not as the result of a comprehensive survey
of the district, and they only represent a fraction of the
overcrowding that actually exists. Considerable difficulty
has been experienced in preventing overcrowding
recurring in houses from which families have been
given accommodation in Council Houses, and in order
to strengthen their powers in this direction the Council
have decided to adopt Bye-laws in respect of Houses
Let in Lodgings.
The Council are now considering further housing
schemes, and when these are completed they should
cause a dccided improvement in the housing conditions
of the district.
Housing Statistics for the Year 1928.
Number of new houses erected during the year:—
(a) Total (including numbers given separately
under b) 415
(b) With State assistance under the Housing
Acts:—
(i.) By the Local Authority 54
(ii.) By other persons or bodies Nil
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