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27
Overcrowded houses of 1 family per house 4
„ „ „ 2 families „19
„ „ „ 3 families „8
Total Number of Families 66
The number of houses let in tenements or flats is one registered as a
flat, and comprises 6 rooms. The number of houses containing 5
rooms is 26, and the number of 5-room houses is 4, both of which
were originally intended as one house.
III.—Fitness of Houses.
(1)—(a) The general standard of houses in the district is satisfactory,
being in the main erected within the last twenty years
and built of brick and slate; (b) The number of unfit houses is small,
and the defects found to exist consist chiefly of defective roofs,
floors, and walls.
(2) The action taken to remedy the defects of unfit houses
was to serve Cautionary Notices upon the owners under the Public
Health Act. 1875, and Housing and Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909.
(3) No great difficulty was experienced in remedying defects.
Some delay was occasioned at times through the shortage of labour
and materials. Owners express a readiness in most cases to carry
out the necessary repairs.
(4) The conditions prevailing generally throughout the district
so far as they affect housing are good. The water supply is good and
plentiful. Closet accommodation efficientlv meets the requirements,
and, in the absence of a Refuse Destructor, all refuse is dumped at a
place far removed from dwelling houses.
IV.—Unhealthy Areas.
(1) There are no certified unhealthy areas in the district; no
action therefore is necessary to be taken.
(2) None.
(3) There were no complaints made during the year.
V.—Bye-laws relating to Houses, to Houses Let in Lodgings,
and to Tents, Vans, Sheds, etc.:—
(1) Bye-laws relating to the above are operative in the district,
and efficiently meet the requirements for dealing with tents, vans,
sheds. There are no houses let in lodgings.
(2) The Building Bye-laws are under revision for the last five
years, the delay being in consequence of the war.