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works re-inspected and certified were for 1891, one hundred and
nineteen; for 1892, one hundred and sixty-five; for 1893, two
hundred and one; for 1894 and 1895, each ninety-one; during
1896, one hundred and twenty. During 1897 forty-three
applications were made, and certificates given in twenty-seven
cases. Sixteen others were not issued after inspection; ten of
the latter were suspended until sanitary defects were remedied.
Of the certificates refused under this Act during the year, two
referred to houses in Leathwaite Road.
The houses in question, although not insanitary, were not
originally built or adapted by additions for the sole purpose
of providing separate dwellings, nor did they afford suitable
accommodation for each family and due provision for sanitary
requirements.
The Act requires that in order that a certificate may be
granted by the Medical Officer of Health, the house be so
constructed as to afford such accommodation and due provision.
In connection with the granting of these certificates, the
following recommendations were adopted by the Metropolitan
Branch of the Incorporated Society of Medical Officers of Health
on the 12th February, 1897:—
1. That in no case should a Medical Officer of Health
examine a house with a view to giving a Certificate
under these Acts, until he is absolutely satisfied—
as advised in the letter from the Local Government
Board, dated the 15th August, 1892—that the
house in question comes within the sections of the
Acts.
2. That a Certificate under these Acts should state that
the following requirements are complied with: