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Canbury Passage.—1, 5, 7, 19, 21, 23, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17,
25, 27, 29, 31, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55. No. 1
considered dangerous to health. Windows made to open. Concrete
under floors. Drains repaired. Manhole. Yards cemented.
General repairs.
5 to 23 old houses. 4 rooms. 700 cubic feet or less. Concrete
under floors. Damp courses. General repairs carried out.
25, 27, 29, 31, 5-roomed houses, Rooms under 800 cubic
feet. Drains relaid. Concrete under floors, and general repairs
carried out. Not more than five occupants per house.
35, 37, 39, 41, 43,45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, four roomed houses.
Coucrete under floors. Damp courses were needed. General
repairs carried out. Seven persons and under in these houses.
57, five roomed house. General repairs carried out.
2, 3, 4, 5, Canbury Place. Five-roomed houses. Concrete
under floors aud damp courses. General repairs. Drainage.
Rooms under 800 cubic feet. One house 7 persons. Others 3 or
4. Houses require thorough cleaning.
1913.—Cambridge Road, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57,
58, 59, 60, 61. These thirteen houses were reported last year
Closing orders were issued and the owner appealed to the Local
Government Board. An enquiry was held and the owner agreed
to put them in thorough repair. At present, after the lapse of a
year, he has done nothing but make excuses. When first appointed
Medical Officer of Health, I drew the attention of the Council to
these houses, and after much consideration aud delay the then
owner was summoned before the Magistrates. He was fined £40
which he never paid, and given time for making repairs, during
which he did a few superficial repairs to satisfy the Bench.
The property after this constantly changed hands, and minor
repairs and improvements were carried out, but the property still
remains at one of the main entrances to the town an object
lesson of the difficulties of Sanitary Officials.