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information from the landlord why the house should not be
registered, stated personally or in writing, would be considered
by your Vestry.
One frequent objection appears to be based on a mistaken
supposition that, by registration, the registered house would
become a "common lodging house," subject to police inspection,
whereas the Regulations are only designed in respect
to the sanitary condition of tenement houses.
The new Bye laws provide for 300 cubic feet of free air
space for each person exceeding ten years of age in each room
used exclusively as a sleeping apartment, and 150 feet for
each child under ten, and 400 cubic feet for each adult when
the sleeping apartment is also the living room. The landlords
are also called upon during the months of April or
May in every year, or as often as it shall be necessary, to
cause every part of the premises to be cleansed, and the
ceilings and walls of rooms, staircases, closets, and passages,
to be thoroughly lime-washed.
Water Supply.—The subject of the inefficiency of the
present limit of two-gallon flush for closets was more than
once discussed by the Public Health Committee. It was
considered that a three to three-and-a-half gallon flush
was a desirable minimum, and it was further resolved by your
Vestry that the London County Council should be urged to
push forward with the steps they were taking for the
amendment of Regulation 21 under the Metropolis Water
Act, 1871, in relation to water-closets, in which it is sought
to increase the minimum quantity of water at each flush.