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Seven houses have had a sufficient supply of
water laid on.
Six dirty yards have been cleansed.
Houses Unfit for Human Habitation.
Four houses, situate in Orchard Place, Hook,
were reported to the Sanitary Committee as being
unfit for human habitation. They were damp and
dilapidated, and the drainage was defective.
Notices were served upon the owner under
Section 32 of the Housing of the Working Classes
Act, 1890, to put them into a proper habitable condition.
The work necessary to make the houses fit for
habitation was subsequently carried out.
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
The total number of workshops on the register
is 189, of which seven were newly registered during
the year.
The businesses carried on at the various
premises are as follows:—
Bakehouses 14
Dressmakers 33
Bootmakers 30
Laundries 20
Tailors 13
Milliners 13
Other trades 66
Total 189
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