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THE HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES.
Bye-Laws for Houses Let in Lodgings or
Occupied by Members of more than one Family.—
Under the provisions of the Sanitary Acts of 1866 and 1874,
regulations were made by your Vestry, in 1885, and some
1,680 houses have been registered thereunder. The said Acts
having been repealed, and modified provisions in respect to
bye-laws enacted in the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
the Local Government Board addressed a circular letter on
the subject to the sanitary authorities in 1892, and again in
1894. The Board pointed 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 case of infectious or contagious disease, the cleansing
of cisterns, or the keeping of water-closets in good order, &c.,
shall be dealt with by regulations applicable to houses let in
lodgings. These matters," it was 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 byelaws
made by the London County Council." The Board forwarded
"a model series of bye-laws, which they had caused to
be prepared for the use of sanitary authorities under section
94 of the Act;" and which had been " drawn up after very
careful consideration of the regulations which might be properly
enforced in the case of the class of houses to which the
enactment applies;" and it was suggested that existing regulations
should be modified on the basis of the model clauses.
The matter was referred to the sanitary committee, to