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(6) BYELAWS RELATING TO HOUSES, TO HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS,
AND TO TENTS, VANS, SHEDS, ETC.
Adequacy of existing Byelaws of each class, and special difficulties
in or limits upon their enforcement.
No byelaws have been made under the Housing Act, 1925,
relating to houses.
Byelaws relating to houses let-in-lodgings were made in
January, 1884, and are inadequate for the conditions at present
prevailing.
Byelaws relating to Tents, Vans and Sheds, etc., were made
in January, 1898. Some difficulty has been xperienced in
dealing with caravan dwellers—who are steadily increasing—
under the existing byelaws with regard to the disposal of refuse,
closet accommodation and water supply.
(7) GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON HOUSING MATTERS NOT ALREADY
COVERED, and any difficulties experienced in housing
administration, and the measures taken to meet them.
See paragraph 4 on Page 54 of Report.
One great difficulty amongst the humbler folk who are suddenly
provided with a house after living for long periods in one
or two rooms is that they are suddenly confronted with furnishing
the more ample accommodation they have acquired, and
in some cases this is a very real hardship indeed, and where
means are already small there is no alternative but to reduce
the amount spent on food and clothing, and it is doubtful
whether the increased light and air counterbalances the dietetic
restrictions.
POPULATION.
Since the Report was printed, the Registrar-General has supplied
his estimate of the population at Mid-Year—1930, which is as follows:—
For calculation of the Birth Rate 70,420
For calculation of death and general rates (Net Civil Population) 69,610
ERRATUM.—Page 54, Line 5: The figures 541 should read 667.