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HOUSING.
Unfit houses.
In June the occupants of 89-107 Oakleigh
Road South, a group of ten houses included in a
Clearance Area dealt with in 1957, were re-housed
and the buildings were subsequently demolished.
By the end of the year thirty-six of the seventysix
houses included in the five year programme of
1955 to deal with unfit houses in the District had
been pulled down.
Repairs to houses.
The investigation of housing conditions
generally was continued with as much vigour as the
many other tasks of the Department permitted. As a
result repairs were carried out to 182 dwellings
where the standard of accommodation was found to
be unsatisfactory.
The following is a summary of the defects
which were remedied as a result of action taken by
the Department.
Water
Supply. Store cisterns provided, repaired
or covers provided 6
Fittings or services repaired 7
Drainage . Drains cleared or repaired 36
Inspection chambers reconstructed
or repaired 3
Soil or vent pipes provided 2
New sinks provided 2
Sink waste-pipes provided or repaired 8
Sanitary accommodation W.C. basins and traps provided or
repaired 7
W.C. seats, doors, windows, floors
repaired or renewed 6
Walls and ceilings repaired and
redecorated 6
Flushing cisterns provided, repaired
or regulated 12
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