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Willesden 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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The following Table, No. 34, has been prepared in
accordance with the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulatonsof
the Local Government Board, and shews the number
of houses awaiting inspection at the end of the year 1913.
Table No. 34.
Statement as to Dwelling Houses on list for early inspection.
| No. on list at 28/12/12 | 0 | |
| No. added to list during 52 weeks ending 27/12/13 | 6032 | |
| Total No. appearing on list during 52 weeks ending 27/12/13 | 6032 | |
| No. inspected, excluding houses represented as unfit for human habitation, during 52 weeks ending 27/12/13 | 191 | |
| No. inspected and represented as unfit for human habitation during 52 weeks ending 27/12/13 | 22 | |
| Total No. inspected during 52 weeks ending 27/12/13 | 213 |
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Regulations for Underground Rooms.—Towards the
end of the year the Local Government Board sanctioned
regulations made by the Council pursuant to Section 17
(7) of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909. The
regulations are as follows:—
URBAN DISTRICT OF WILLESDEN.
REGULATIONS
Prescribed by the Urban District Council of Willesden
under Section 17 (7) of the Housing, Town Planning, &c.,
Act, 1909.
Every room habitually used as a sleeping place, the
surface of the floor of which is more than three feet below
the surface of the part of the street adjoining or nearest
to the room, shall comply with the following regulations,
namely:—
1. The subsoil of the site of the room shall be effectually
drained by means of a subsoil drain properly trapped and
ventilated wherever the dampness of the site renders such
a precaution necessary.
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