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Of the Council's 11 houses in Gossage, Park, and Parkdale
Roads, 9 were occupied throughout the year, and 2 were empty
all the year, viz., 5, Gossage Road and 72, Parkdale Road.
The remedying of the dampness of 3, 5 and 9, Gossage Road
has been under the Public Health Committee's consideration.
32. Houses Registered under the By-laws. At the commencement
of the year 330 houses were on the register; 38
were newly registered, and 9 taken off the register, leaving
359 on the register at the close of the year, compared with
123, 235, 265, 307, and 332, in each of the five preceding years.
33. These houses were inspected, some quarterly, others
half-yearly. 720 inspections were made in all, and 250 notices
were served.
Proceedings were taken for breach of the Bye-laws at two
houses; a fine was inflicted in one case of £1; the other case
was withdrawn.
34. The registered houses were under the care of Miss
Middlebrooke, and further particulars will be found in the
report of her work given further on.
Inhabited house duty.
35. One application was received under this Act, for 90,
Eltham Road. The certificate required was given, the sanitary
arrangements of each tenement being satisfactory. The tenements,
however, were not separate, doors, passages and staircase
being used in common. The occupants were not persons
of the working class.