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BYE-LAWS FOR HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
Under the provisions of the Sanitary Acts of 1866 and
1874, your Vestry made regulations for houses let in lodgings
or occupied by members of more than one family and some
1,800 houses have been registered thereunder. The said Acts
having been repealed, and modified provisions for by-laws
enacted, in the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, the Local
Government Board addressed circular letters on the subject
to the Sanitary Authorities in 1892, and again in 1894. In
the latter communication the Board point out that the
powers conferred by the new Act (section 94) "differ in some
respects from those exerciseable under section 35 of the
Sanitary Act, 1866, and section 47 of the Sanitary Law
Amendment Act, 1874, in pursuance of which the Regulations
now in force in (this) District were made," inasmuch as
section 94 of the new Act "no longer provides that such
matters as the enforcement of privy accommodation, the
paving of premises, the notices to be given in cases of infectious
or contagious disease, the cleansing of cisterns, or
the keeping of water closets in good order, etc., shall be dealt
with by regulations applicable to houses let in lodgings.
These matters," it is added, "can be otherwise dealt with, in
some cases by bye-laws made by the Sanitary Authority and
applicable generally to all houses in the District whether let
in lodgings or not, and in others by bye-laws made by the
London County Council." The Board's letter was accompanied
by copies of "a model series of bye-laws which they
have caused to be prepared for the use of Sanitary Authorities
under section 94 of the Act;" and it was stated that " these
model forms were drawn up after very careful consideration by
the Board of the Regulations which might be properly enforced
in the case of the class of houses to which that enactment
applies." The Board's model clauses deal with none
of the subjects referred to, and it was suggested that your
Vestry's existing regulations should be modified on the basis
of the model clauses. This matter is still under consideration