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DWELLINGS.
House to house inspections were carried on regularly during the year, as in
former years, and a list of streets inspected together with the numbers of
houses, rooms and persons will be found at the end of the Report.
Industrial Dwellings were extended by the erection of Somerset and Endsleigh
Terraces in Duke's Road and the extension of Clarence Buildings, Kentish Town
Road. A list of Industrial Dwellings, with particulars, is appended.
Common Lodging Houses, of which there are 30 in the Parish, were maintained
in good condition, a list of these dwellings is appended.
Canal Boats, used as dwellings, are now so carefully registered and supervised,
that any infringement of the sanitary regulations rarely takes place in St. Pancras.
Caravans or Tents., used as dwellings, have not been pitched in any part of
the Parish during the year.
WATER SUPPLY.
A much needed improvement is the application of the Constant Service System
by the West Middlesex Water Company, to the district lying north of Gloucester
Gate and West of the London and North Western Railway.
During the hot days in the middle of summer the thoroughfares of London
would benefit by a greater and more frequent use of water. The hydrants fixed
every few yards along the pavements, unless utilized, will have been fixed in vain
at great expense. Flushing the streets with water not only allays dust but allows
easy and rapid cleansing of the surface, replenishes and traps the gulleys, and
clears and deodorizes the sewers. Such flushing is the nearest approach to
imitation of nature's method of cleansing and purifying by rain showers.