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SHELTER HOUSE.
This building is now completed and will shortly be ready for
occupation. It has been erected in compliance with Sec. 60 (4) of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, which declares that "The Sanitary
Authority shall provide, free of charge, temporary shelter house
accommodation with any necessary attendants for the members of any
family in which any dangerous infectious disease has appeared, who
have been compelled to leave their dwellings, for the purpose of enabling
such dwellings to be disinfected by the Sanitary Authority."
The building consists of two separate bindings, one of which is a
caretaker's dwelling, while the other consists of four sets of rooms which
are provided for the temporary shelter of persons who have been removed
from their homes during the period of their disinfection by the Vestry.
Each set of rooms is complete in itself, and has no communication with
any other portion of the building. There is thus provision for four
families, to each of whom is assigned three rooms, namely, a living
room, a bedroom, and a bathroom, which is supplied with hot and cold
water. Each set of rooms is also provided with a water closet.
The building was designed by Mr. J. Douglas Matthews These
buildings will afford a long felt want in the district, for it has frequently
occurred that persons have had to be provided with lodgings under
circumstances such as they are intended to meet.
They are situated at the rear of the Hornsey Road Baths, and are
not far removed from the disinfecting station. Entrance is obtained
by means of a private road on the north-west side of Seven Sisters Road.
SANITARY INSPECTORS' WORK.
During the 12 months 24,417 separate and distinct nuisances, as
mentioned in the schedule, were dealt with by the Sanitary Inspectors,
of this number 5,605 came under observation in the 1st Quarter, 6,182
in the 2nd Quarter, 6,955 in the 3rd Quarter and 5,676 in the 4th
Quarter.