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Acta of Parliament to ascend higher, so that eventually a house may be held
to have supplied the necessary open space on the roof top instead of at ground
level.
It is only by tracing the result to its logical conclusion, that the past, present
and prospective perversion in the Buildings Act of the meaning of "open space "
can be fully understood, and the seriousness of the position realised.
DWELLINGS.
House-to-house Inspections.—The number of streets inspected from houseto-house
during the year was 6 ; consisting of 223 houses, 221 occupied, aud
5 unoccupied ; 1,843 rooms, 1,837 occupied, and 6 unoccupied ; containing
643 families, consisting of 1,759 adults, and 876 children under 10 years of
age. Upon these houses 85 notices were served.
Houses Occupied in Separate Dwellings. —These consist of (a) houses not constructed
to be so occupied, and (b) of houses specially constructed to be so
occupied. Houses specially constructed in separate dwellings may be so constructed
that the dwellings are self-contained, as those in List I. in the
Appendix, or may be constructed so that various appurtenances of the dwelling
are used in common. This is pursued further under the head of Customs
and Inland Revenue Acts, provisions as to inhabited house duty.
Registered Tenement Houses.—The number of houses let in separate dwellings
to members of more than one family, and registered under the Bye-laws, was
148.
Registered Common Lodging Houses.—The supervision of these houses is still
in the hands of the London County Council, so far as the enforcement of the
Bye-laws is concerned. In matters of drainage, etc., the County Council
refers to this authority. Thirty-one registered common lodging-houses will
be found in List II. in the Appendix of this Report.
Underground Rooms.—During the year 18 underground rooms were discontinued
as dwellings.
Canal Boats.—The canal boats, to the number of 34, used as dwellings, and
moored in this district, were inspected and found in a satisfactory condition.
INSANITARY AREAS.
Churchway Area. —A Bill to confirm a Provisional Order made by one of
Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State for improving an area situated in
the Parish of Saint Pancras in the County of London, and to be cited as the
London (Churchway, St. Pancras) Provisional Order Confirmation Act, 1897,
has been presented to Parliament, and received the Royal Assent on March
29th, 1897.
The Bran tome Place and Prospect Terrace Improvement Schemes have been
duly sealed by your Vestry, and notices of the Schemes have been served on