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St Giles (Camden) 1893
Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1894
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Regulations as to Lodging-houses. Sect. 94.
The powers conferred on Vestries and District Boards
under the Sanitary Acts, 1866 and 1874, enabling them to
make regulations as to lodging-houses, are re-enacted in
section 94, sub-section 1, of the Public Health (London)Act,
1891.
Regulations confirmed by the Local Government Board
have been in force in this District since 1885, and have been
found to work satisfactorily.
At the present time 478 houses are registered, 389 are in
St. Giles-in-the-Fields, and 89 in St. George, Bloomsbury.
Section 94, sub-section 2, enacts that this section shall not apply to Common Lodging-houses within the Common Lodging-houses Act, 1851, or any Act amending the same.
| Locality. | No. of Houses. | Locality. | No. of Houses. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Street | 21 | Sardinia Place | 7 |
| Betterton Street | 26 | Shaftesbury Avenue | 28 |
| Drury Lane ... | 40 | Short's Gardens | 12 |
| Dyott Street | 13 | Stacey Street | 15 |
| Little Earl Street | 9 | Tower Street | 8 |
| Handel Street | 27 | Twyford Buildings | 6 |
| Kenton Street | 62 | West Street | 10 |
| Lumber Court | 12 | Wild Court | 5 |
| Neal Street | 41 | Wild Street, Great | 24 |
| New Compton Street | 59 | Wild Street, Little | 12 |
| Nottingham Court | 13 | White Lion Street, Great | 8 |
| Parker Street | 3 | Total | 478 |
| New Turnstile | 8 | ||
| Queen Street | 9 |
Underground Rooms. Sect. 96.
38 notices were served upon owners to cease to let underground
rooms or kitchens, which did not comply with this
section.