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bin so situated as to cause nuisance within the
house.
"Any condition which results in permanent dampness.
"Such faulty construction of chimney Hues as permits
products of combustions from adjoining premises
to permanently contaminate the air of living
rooms."
(c) Age and General Want of Repair.
"This, when it reaches a degree of dilapidation, is
obviously a just cause for representation."
(id) Nuisances.
"Bad drainage, faulty closets, filth, per se, &c., are in
our opinion grounds for action rather under the
Nuisance Removal and Sanitary Acts, but when
affecting a whole dwelling, a whole dwelling house,
or when combined with faults of site and construction,
and general want of repair, they justify
action also under the Housing of the Working
Classes Act.
" In all the above cases the question of degree conies in,
it is indeed this question of degree that renders
precise definition impossible, genera) principles can
alone be laid down."
The above report formed the principal subject for consideration
at the second meeting of the Conference held 24th
January, at which the Chairman (Mr. Beachcroft, ViceChairman
of the Housing of the Working Classes Committee)