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The conditions treated at the Massage Clinic are :—
Infantile Paralysis, Rickets, Spinal Curvatures, Pigeon Chests,
Weak Ankles, Flat Feet, Fractures of Limbs, Diphtheritic
Paralysis, Talipes, Cases of Muscular Weakness and Cases
requiring Breathing Exercises.
Two trained voluntary workers assist Miss Townsend.
HOUSING.
Under the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919,
every local authority is required to consider the needs of their
area with respect to the provision of houses for the working
classes, and to prepare and submit to the Local Government
Board (now Ministry of Health) a scheme specifying (a) the
approximate number and the nature of The houses to be
provided; (b) the approximate quantity of land to be acquired
; (c) the average number of houses per acre ; and (d) the
time within which the scheme is to be carried into effect.
About 125 more or less defective houses are under the
observation of the Public Health Committee, and at opportune
times will be dealt with so as to have them either close 1 or
repaired without hardship to the occupants. Twelve of these
in Wellington Terrace were put in temporary repair during
the year.
The Council's housing scheme under Sec. 1 of the
Housing, etc., Act, 1919, provides for the erection of 200
houses ; 44 to comprise living-room, scullery and three bedrooms;
146 to comprise parlour, living-room, scullery and
three bedrooms ; and ten to comprise parlour, living-room,
scullery and four bedrooms. Area of land acquired, 22½ acres.
The scheme is to be completed in three years.
The total number of houses in the district is 4,266 ; number
for the working classes, 1,460 ; and new houses for the
working classes erected during the year, 47.
Overcrowding, extent:—Number of houses intended for
one family, which are now occupie by two or more families, 70.
Cases of overcrowding dealt with during the year:—Two
cases of overcrowding were dealt with by statutory notice and
abated. One remains in statu quo.
Fitness of Houses :—The general character of the defects
existing in unfit houses may be summarised in the majority of
cases as dampness, lack of proper ventilation, and lack of
proper lighting in ground floor rooms, passages and stairways.
Many houses are without damp-proof courses.