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T —number of Tenements containing (P/10) Persons over 10 years of age, and(10/P) Persons under 10 years of age.
Judged by the theoretical standard of the Registrar-General, nearly one-third of the
tenements registered (20 out of 62) were overcrowded, that is to say, the inhabitants of such
tenements averaged more than two persons, irrespective of their ages, per room, but there
were only 9 tenements overcrowded according to the legal standards, those tenements being
occupied by 41 persons. In each class of home the average numbers of occupants per room
was higher than that recorded at last census, there being 2.0 per room in one-room tenements
(census, 1.8), 1.8 in two-room (census, 1.7), 1.9 in three-room (census, 1.3).
Supervision.—Apart from registration, annual cleansing and sickness, 2,430 inspections
were made of registered houses during the past year, as compared with 2,487 in 1909. The
nuisances and infringements of by-laws discovered and dealt with in the course of such
inspections are set out in Table 45. A total of 1,177 notices of all descriptions were served
last year (1,223 in 1909), including 315 "written intimations,"54" statutory notices," 625
notices under the various by-laws, and 183 under the London County Council (General
Powers) Acts, viz., 179 for verminous rooms (152 in 1909), and 4 with reference to dustbins.
Annual Cleansing. The annual cleansing was carried out last year much better than
was expected, having in mind the decision given in Arlidge v. Islington Borough Council, and
the course adopted by the Magistrate at the Marylebone Police Court after that case had
been decided. It was felt that no summonses could be issued, and as a consequence the
work dragged on for an unusuallv long period. New By-laws relating to Houses Let in
Lodgings were drafted last autumn, and at the end of the year were under the consideration
of the Public Health Committee. The new draft incorporates the provisions of Section lti
of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909.
The 1,340 (1,251 in 1909) houses on the Register at the end of March were inspected in
connection with this work, 4,674 inspections in all being required to secure its completion.
The rooms reported as in need of cleansing numbered 2,006 (1,920 in 1909), and the notices
served 2,747 (3,088 in 1909) comprising 2,075 cleansing notices, 174 for verminous rooms, and
498 for sanitary defects, etc. Forty cases were referred to the Solicitor, but no summonses
were taken out.
An enumeration of the inhabitants was made, the results of which as regards tenements
of less than five rooms are given in Table 46. The enumeration covered 4,366 tenements