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(4) Principal cases of overcrowding during the year 1925
and action taken.—There were only one or two
very bad cases, and these people were allotted a
Council house as soon as possible.
3. Fitness of Houses.
(1) (a) General standard of housing in the area.—Good.
(b) General character of the defects found to exist
in unfit houses.—The general defects are : defective
roofs, gutters, rain-water pipes, floors and windows,
dirty walls and ceilings, dampness caused by other
defects, &c.
(c) The majority of defects found to exist in this
district are due to the owners or agents being
reluctant to have small repairs carried out when
they first become necessary.
(2) General action taken as regards unfit houses.
(a) The Public Health Acts.—A preliminary notice of
repairs is served on the owner, and in nearly every
case this is complied with in a reasonable time.
(b) The Housing Acts.—A preliminary notice of repairs
is served on the owner, and, if this is not complied
with within a reasonable time, instructions are asked
for from the Local Sanitary Authority to serve
statutory notice under the Housing Acts.
(3) During the year 1925 no difficulties were met with
in regard to repairing unfit houses under either the
Public Health Acts or the Housing Acts.
(4) Conditions as to water supply, closet accommodation
and refuse disposal are good, but it was found
necessary to press many owners of property to
provide proper sanitary dustbins.