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WATER SUPPLY TO NEWLY-BUILT HOUSES—EXEMPTION
FROM HOUSE DUTY.
On the authorisation of the Sanitary Committee twelve certificates
were given under Section 48 of the Public Health (London) Act,
certifying that there was a proper and sufficient water supply at certain
newly-built premises.
An application was made to me under the Inland Revenue Acts,
1890 and 1891, in respect of model dwellings (16 tenements) at
Millwall, in order that relief of house duty might be obtained. I
could not grant the necessary certificate as the premises did not
conform to the conditions drawn up by me.
MODEL DWELLINGS.
County Council, Grosvenor, and Arnold Buildings.
The County Council opened their block of dwellings in Yabsley
Street to accommodate 60 families about the end of May, and hearing
that buildings of similar character are likely to be erected by that
body on the vacant land in Cotton Street, and the housing of the
working classes being always'a subject of great interest, I have ascertained
the vital statistics and infectious notifications relating to
Grosvenor Buildings.
Grosvenor Buildings consists of 542 tenements. Mr. Chatterton,
the Assistant-Surveyor, informs me that the area occupied is as
follows:—
Acres. Roods. Perches.
Average of Buildings 1 0 2
„ Yards 0 3 31
Total area 1 3 33
The actual census I ascertained, at about the end of the year 1894,
to be adults 986, children 778, total 1764. At the time that the
population was taken, 512 tenements were occupied, consisting of
206 one room, 133 two rooms, 166 three rooms, and 7 four rooms.