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older houses no finality can be reached, and that the older
the house the more rapid the deterioration. As time goes
on the number of houses that will come under the category
for consideration for demolition must of necessity increase,
and it is in consequence of this that there is necessity sometimes,
in the older and more dilapidated house where the
only satisfactory method would be reconstruction, to modify
the requirements in consequence of the consciousness that
ultimately more serious steps will have to be taken. The
records that are made of the inspections include the number
of persons occupying the house, and in the analysis for the
purpose of ascertaining the extent of overcrowding, the
standard recommended by the Registrar General, viz., more
than two persons to a room, has again been adopted this
year. It is therefore possible to compare the conditions in
1920 with those now recorded for 1921.

15,289 persons in 2,800 houses containing 13,378 rooms;
= 5.5 persons per house, and just over 11 persons per room.
Unhealthy Areas, No areas have been represented
under Part I. of the Housing Act, 1890, and no complaints
that areas were unhealthy have been made.