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1893. 1894.
Drains tested and found defective 423 426
,, „ „ satisfactory 62 30
Drains of Premises undergoing alteration or re-construction superintended and tested 133 182
It will be noticed that a considerably larger number of
houses were inspected and re-inspected than in 1893, many
more preliminary notices were served, but fewer statutory
notices were required. It was, however, necessary to take
legal proceedings in 16 cases to enforce the abatement of
nuisances.
At the request of your Committee of Works I prepared
a Special Report on the Model Bye-Laws for Houses let in
Lodgings, proposed by the Local Government Board, under
the"Public Health (London) Act, 1891," comparing them
with the Bye-Laws then in force in this Parish; and I
recommended the adoption of the proposed Bye-Laws with
certain modifications; this was done, and the new Bye-Laws
were confirmed by the Local Government Board, and are
now in force.
There are 73 houses let in lodgings. They have been
inspected, and the regulations as to cleansing complied
with.
The total number of applications for the removal of house
refuse were:-In the In-Wards, 2.926; in Grosvenor Place
District, 1715; and in South Belgravia District, 1392.
With regard to the Factory and Workshop Acts, Mr.
Taylor reports that:—
"A house to house inspection has been made of all the
premises in Mill, George, Brook, Princes and Hanover
streets, and in Hanover Square, which come within the
operation of these Acts, while a number of inspections
have been made in various parts of the district as the
result of special complaints.