WOMAN’S HOVEL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 285, 5 November 1925, Page 3

WOMAN’S HOVEL.

DUGOUT UNDER SHED. A SHOCKING CASE. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Nov. 4. 111 reporting to the Mount Albert Borough Council, the sanitary inspector said that in one case he iiad been unable to persuade a woman to comply with the Act. She had taken up her abode in a small shed; in which she sold confectionery, fruit and cakes. She admitted that she had been sleeping on a wicker chair among the eatables, but said she was now sleeping in a new bedroom “down below.,” This room was found to have been dug out under tho ground floor. The jack stud was approximately- four feet high, and the room was directly under tho so-called shop. A portion of the ground had recently been dug out, and on the ground four case boards had been laid, and tho four legs of an old bed rested upon them. The conditions could be credited. The north side of the room consisted of old benzine tins, the east side of earth, and the south side of old case boards. The inspector said lie had finally called in the assistance of Dr Hughes, tho medical officer of health, who had forwarded a closing order, which was enforced 01113- in exceptional circumstances. The council decided to enforce the order.