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5. Arrangements for deposit of refuse and ashes.
6. Underground rooms used as sleeping apartments.
7. Any defects in other matters which may tend to
render the house dangerous or injurious to the
health of the inhabitants.
8. Further remarks if space is insufficient for details.
(Give number of item).
The survey inspectors, while inspecting, always have in
mind the standard of fitness, as set out in Chap. V. in the
Manual, and they record all defects that exist in the houses
under any of the above eight provisions. When the cards
of one street are completed, they are transferred to the
district inspector who then separates the cards relating to
the houses where nuisances have been recorded, inspects
these houses and serves the necessary notices in order to
obtain the abatement of the nuisances. A record is then
made by the district inspector on the card showing the
results of his work, and the card is then filed for future
reference. The number of nuisances abated and the amount
of work that has been effected during the year have
considerably increased. This has been possible in consequence
of the slightly diminished cost of labour and materials.
The subsequent action by the district inspectors is causing
the arrears that accumulated during the war to be gradually
overtaken, but there is much that still remains to be done.
The housing conditions at present are such as to make it
impossible for any active steps to be taken with respect to
the issue of closing orders.
Results of Survey. During the year a total of 2,800
houses were surveyed by the inspectors specially engaged