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Lambeth 1903
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1903
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| Peabody Buildings, Duke Street, Stamford) Street, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, k, m, n, o, 16 P, Q, R | 352 |
| Rothschild Street, 35, 37, 39, 41 4 | 8 |
| Totals 20 | 360 |
(C.) Certificates refused.
Nil.
The Revenue Act 1903, which was passed on August 14th,
1903 and came into operation on September 1st, 1903, contains
in Section 11 important amending provisions with respect to the
exemption from, or a reduction in, inhabited house duty (under
conditions) in connection with houses, so far as such houses are
used as dwelling-houses, for the sole purpose of providing
separate dwellings, e.g. artisan's dwellings and houses let in
tenements or flats.
When the annual value of any dwelling is below £20, there
shall be no duty payable; £20 and not exceeding £40, the duty
shall be reduced from 9d. to 3d.; over £40 but not exceeding
£60, the duty shall be reduced from 9d. to 6d, A Certificate
from the Medical Officer of Health of the District is required in
all cases of dwellings of an annual value (gross rateable) not
exceeding £40, stating that such dwellings are each so constructed
as to afford suitable accommodation for each of the
families or persons inhabiting the same, and provided that due
provision is made for their sanitary requirements (vide Section
26, Sub-section 2 and Section 4 of the Customs and Inland
Revenue Acts 1890 and 1891 respectively, both of which
Sections are now repealed except so far as the former is applied
for the purposes of the new Act, and Section 5 of the Taxes
Management Act 1880).