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He also submitted reports at this meeting relative to the
alleged overcrowding of No. 117 Battersea Park Road, that it
was found upon inspection of these premises that there were
eleven rooms in the house, occupied by five families, but that in
no instance was overcrowding found to exist, each family having
not less than two rooms. The number of adult persons occupying
the house was ten and of children five, or fifteen persons in all.
For these five families, however, only one water closet existed,
and the Committee gave directions that the owner should be
required to provide further accommodation. Notice was
subsequently served and complied with by the owner reducing
the number of families in the house.
Also with reference to the alleged overcrowding of a certain
house in Stanmer Street, that upon inspection of the premises
complained of no overcrowding was found to exist, but that at
the adjoining house it was found that there were two small ante
rooms occupied by a man, wife and four children, the ages of the
latter being respectively 14, 8, 4½, and 2 years. There was a
deficiency of air space of about 773 cubic feet. The Committee
in this case directed proceedings to be taken for the abatement of
the nuisance. Notice was accordingly served and complied with
without recourse to summary proceedings in the matter.
He also reported as to the half yearly inspection of bake-houses
in the parish that there were 108 of such premises, divided up in
the eight Sanitary Districts as follows:—
No. 1 District 14 bakehouses.
„ 2 „ 16 ,,
„ 3 „ 16 „
„ 4 „ 16 „
„ 5 „ 11 „
„ 6 ,, 23 „
„ 7 „ 8 „
„ 8 ,, 4 „
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