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landlord" of the house, in which the rooms are sub-let by the
tenant who took the house in the first place, is not the owner,
but the sub-letting tenant, all the sections dealing with structural
defects are in abeyance, as it is useless serving a notice
on a weekly tenant for repairs which would entail considerable
expense. One of the items required by the by-laws is an
annual cleansing, by lime-whiting, or otherwise, by the landlord,
of all surfaces. It is useless expecting a tenant to do
this, and the by-laws are in this respect not enforced.
At the commencement of the year 429 houses were on
the register; 8 were newly registered, and 5 taken off the
register, leaving 432 on the register at the close of the year,
compared with 332, 359, 395, 409, and 432, in each of the
five preceding years. These figures seem to indicate that the
limit of houses considered by the Committee as likely to be
improved by registration has been almost arrived at.
33. These houses were inspected, some quarterly, others
half-yearly, or yearly. 516 inspections were made in all,
and 241 notices were served.
The registered houses were under the care of Inspector
Shaw, Miss Middlebrooke being unable to spare time from
her other duties.
The houses were situated as follows:—
River Ward, North 34
River Ward, South 111
St. Mary's 37
Dockyard 69
St. George's 54