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The schools are supplied with water from the public
service, and the sanitary arrangements are quite satisfactory.
All schools are visited and inspected, and any defects
discovered are promptly remedied.
HOUSING.
1. General Housing Conditions in the Area.
(1) General housing conditions.—Many families are living
in one, two, and three rooms.
(2) (a) Extent of shortage or excess of houses.—The
shortage of houses may be estimated by the number
of applications received for houses which are being
erected by the Local Council. After careful deductions
are made the total number is 650, of which
250 are non-residents.
(2) (b) Measures taken or contemplated to meet any
shortage.—The Local Council are building houses
at the present time, and will continue to do so for
some period.
(3) Important changes in the population.—There is no
extraordinary increase in the population, but the
number of inhabitants is gradually growing, as people
are taking up residence in the district as quickly as
houses are built.
2. Overcrowding.
(1) Extent. — Many cases of overcrowding are known to
exist in the district, but few only are bad cases.
(2) Causes.—The main cause is the shortage of suitable
houses; the most suitable house being the small
low-rental type.
(3) Measures taken or contemplated for dealing with
overcrowding.—A number of houses are at present
in course of erection by the Local Council, and as
each house is completed it is allotted to a suitable
applicant.