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I have several times called the attention of the Sanitary Committee
to the impossibility in many tenements, under present arrangements, of
disinfecting the inmates and their clothing, and that this lack of complete
disinfection often leads to the spread of disease.
TEMPORARY SHELTER OR HOUSE ACCOMODATION.
Section (50, Sub-section 4 of the "Public Health (London) Act,
1891," enjoins that the Sanitary Authority shall provide, free of charge,
temporary shelter or house accommodation for the members of any
family in which any dangerous infectious disease has appeared, who have
been compelled to leave their dwellings for the purpose of enabling such
dwellings to be disinfected by the Sanitary Authority
I brought this subject to the notice of your Sanitary Committee, as
such accommodation was often wanted in tenements where there had
been small-pox, and during the epidemics of scarlet fever and diphtheria.
Several houses were inspected by the Committee, but suitable accommodation
in the district, unfortunately, could not be obtained.
Meanwhile the Vestry of Clerkenwell had furnished its shelter at
47, Northampton Road, and supplied sleeping accommodation. The
Committee therefore decided to try and make arrangements for the
joint use of this shelter. The contract came into force March 25th,
1896, and from that date to the end of the year it was used by 16
families from this District.
REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
The Board made a contract, which came into operation on the
25th March, 1896, which provided for the removal of house refuse at
least once a week, in accordance with the Bye-Laws of the London
County Council.
However, during the year ending December 31st, 1896, 1,361
notices for the removal of house refuse were received and attended to.
During the first six months of 1895 there were 1,309, and during the
second half 805 notices, making 2,114 during the year.
This large number of notices, although considerably less than the
number last year, shows that the contract has not been strictly carried
out. Soon after the new contract this year the contractor appointed a
special foreman to superintend this branch of the work, and see that a
call is made for house refuse at each and every house or premises in the