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It will thus be seen that in the two hundred and nine
houses inspected in detail, overcrowding was found to exist
to the extent of four adults and twelve children.
No difficulties were experienced during the year in taking
action under the Public Health Acts when dealing with
housing conditions. Many houses are continually coming to
the notice of the Public Health Department on account of
sanitary defects. These defects are remediable under the
provisions of the Public Health Acts. They were continuously
dealt with throughout the year. Such houses can be,
and are being, rendered perfectly fit in every way for human
habitation when the nuisances are abated.
Overcrowding, which undoubtedly exists in all urban
areas to-day, does not, in itself, imply that the dwellinghouses
themselves are insanitary.
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