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The facts were reported to the Health Committee who directed that the person in
whose possession the pig was found should be cautioned against a repetition of the
offence.
HOUSES CLOSED.
The following is a list of the houses closed during the year in consequence of the
service of sanitary notices, either on account of being unfit for habitation or in order
to enable the works necessary to put them in a satisfactory sanitary condition to te
carried out in a speedy and efficient manner:—•
Barretts Buildings, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. Moneyer Street, No. 62.
Devizes Street, No. 5. New Norfolk Street, No. 12.
Foundry Place, Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Norfolk Gardens, No. 25.
and 15. Royal Oak Walk, No. 9.
Foundry Row, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 14 and Westmoreland Place, No. 53.
and 16. Weymouth Terrace, Nos. 128 and 130.
Gopsall Street, No. 75. Wilmer Gardens, Nos. 85, 87 and 93.
Mansfield Street, No. 5a. Wiltshire Row, No. 1.
Mintern Street, No. 29.
Barretts Buildings—these are small 2-roomed houses. They were dealt with under
the supervision of the Chief Inspector in a very satisfactory manner. They were in a
very dirty and dilapidated condition and were generally insanitary. The walls of the
lower rooms were damp and the front walls in some of the houses were bulged and
dangerous. Their condition was brought under the notice of the owner who was advised
to close them as. not being fit for habitation. The owner took this advice and as a
result of the work carried out the general condition of Barretts Buildings was vastly improved.
No. 5, Devizes Street—this house consisting of 4 rooms with a, scullery, was in a
very insanitary condition, being very dirty and dilapidated throughout. The flooring was
defective, the sanitary arrangements were bad, the roof was defective and leaky, and the
house was overcrowded. A statutory notice was served with a view to obtaining a
Closing Order under the Public Health Act. The owner closed the house which was
then dealt with in a satisfactory manner under the supervision of Inspector Langstone.
Foundry Row, Foundry Place and Royal Oak Walk—the whole of the houses in
these courts, together with those in Foundry Walk and Royal Oak Place, were receiving
attention at the hands of the Chief Inspector throughout the year. At the end of
the year there still remained some in which the necessary work had not been completed.
The houses altogether numbered 66; of these 17 were closed. In 56 the work required
was completed and in 9 it was in progress at the end of the year. The houses were
generally dirty and dilapidated, the flooring was bad, the sanitary arrangements in
many instances were defective, the yard-paving was bad in a number of cases and in some