STORY OF DIRE POVERTY.
DOGS IN LIVING ROOM. Mr. Tickett, health inspector of the North Bydney Council, revealed last week a pitiful story of huddled humanity in a wooden frame structure. The front room is used for cooking, eating, and sleeping, and the tenant shares it with two dogs. "All the rooms are in a filthy and evil-smelling condition," . Mr. Tickett said. "The weather penetrates to the inner surface, the floors are shaky and on the ground in places. With the dogs, thi3 house of soven rooms, is occupied by 13 people, including nine children. The household appointments of the two married couples are described by the inspector as "disgusting." Tho only difference is that the dogs are not occupying any of their rooms.
The council concurred with tho inspector that the house was not fit for human habitation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19831, 29 December 1927, Page 12
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