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St Giles (Camden) 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]

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It gives power to Sanitary Authorities to make bye-laws
as to houses let in lodgings.
(a) For fixing the number of persons who may
occupy a house, or part of a house, which is let in
lodgings or occupied by members of more than one
family, and for the separation of the sexes in a
house so let or occupied.
(b) For the registration of houses so let or occupied.
(c) For the inspection of such houses.
(d) For enforcing drainage and for promoting cleanliness
and ventilation.
(e) For the cleansing and lime washing at stated times
of the premises.
(f) For the taking of precautions in case of any
infectious disease.

The following 471 houses in the St. Giles District are registered under these regulations.

Locality.No. of Houses.Locality.No. of Houses.
Arthur Street21Parker Street3
Betterton Street26Queen Street6
Prury Lane38Sardinia Place7
Dudley Street (now Shaftesbury Avenue)28Short's Gardens12
Stacey Street15
Dyott Street12Tower Street8
Earl Street, Little9Twyford's Buildings6
Handel Street27West Street10
Kenton Street62Wild Court5
Lumber Court12Wild Street, Great24
Neal Street41Wild Street, Little12
New Compton Street59White Lion Street, Great8
New Turnstile8Total471
Nottingham Court12