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Six applications for certificates were received from occupiers
of premises, and in each instance a certificate was granted that the
house was not in a reasonable state of repair In one instance the
occupier had paid the increase of rent for more than three months
and applied to the County Court fc r an order suspending such
increase. After hearing the evidence the Court made an Order
suspending such increase until the house was put into a reasonable
state of repair.
Unfit Houses.
The number of inhabited houses reported on in 1919 as not
being and cannot be made fit for human habitation was 12. The
number of persons inhabiting these houses was 57. No action yet
has been taken with regard to these houses, the period granted
within which to deal with these houses expires in October, 1922.
The same applied to the four houses subject in 1919 to Closing
Orders. The 109 houses reported in 1919 as being seriously defective
but which can be made habitable are being gradually dealt
with.
I desire to express my sincere thanks to Mr. George Laws and
other members of the staff for their earnest work for the Health
Department during the year.
I am, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
C. W. HUTT.