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HOUSING.
Routine house-to-house inspections in accordance with the
Housing and Public Health Acts have been systematically carried
out during the year.
The total number of dwelling houses inspected for all purposes
was 695, of which 228 were recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925.
Six dwelling houses were found to be in such a state as to be
so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation.
These were represented to the Council as unfit for human
habitation and incapable of being rendered so fit at reasonable
expense. These were:—
1, 2 and 3, Oak Cottages, Ham.
7, Church Walk.
Zion Cottage, Compass Hill.
Toll Gate House, Upper Ham Road.
Demolition Orders were subsequently made in respect of four
of these premises, and undertakings were given as to the remaining
two premises.
In addition, part of a building let as a separate tenement,
found to be unfit for human habitation and incapable of being
rendered so fit at reasonable expense, was the subject of a Closing
Order—(52, Church Road).
During the year a report was presented dealing with the works
necessary to recondition Nos. l/28, Mitchell's Row and l/27, Rosedale
Road. The Local Authority acting on the reports submitted
to them subsequently had several interviews with the trustees representing
this Estate and subsequently plans were submitted
showing the works necessary to recondition, together with structural
alterations and additions to the building showing the provision
of new sculleries and outbuildings, together with the sanitary services,
the enlargement of the yards and open spaces at the rear and