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every owner or reputed owner, lessee or reputed lessee, and occupiers of any
part of the areas comprised in the Schemes, so far as those persons can
reasonably be ascertained, and Petitions have since been prepared and lodged
with the Local Government Board for Orders sanctioning the Schemes.
The Inquiry was duly held by the Commissioner on the 10th and 16th
March, 1897, and your Vestry are now awaiting the receipt of the Report
from the Local Government Board.
Area east of Chalton Street, Somers Town.—The Improvement Scheme for
the area east of Chalton Street has also been duly sealed by your Vestry, and
the Valuers have been instructed to make a valuation on behalf of your
Vestry.
BYE-LAWS FOR TENEMENT HOUSES, OR HOUSES LET IN
LODGINGS TO MEMBERS OF MORE THAN ONE FAMILY.
In February, 1897, I reported upon this subject, and the main points are
here quoted below for future reference, as the matter is not yet closed.
On the 1st December, 1896, the London County Council resolved—
(a) That the Medical Officer be instructed to make a further inquiry
at Midsummer, 1897, as to the extent to which By-laws or regulations
dealing with houses let in lodgings are enforced in the
several Sanitary Districts of London, with a view to the Council
making a representation to the Local Government Board under
Section 101 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in the case
of any Sanitary Authority which is not by that time carrying out
the provisions of Section 94 of the Act.
(b) That a copy of this report, and the Council's resolution thereon,
be sent to each of the London Sanitary Authorities.
By the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Section 94 (1), every Sanitary
Authority shall make and enforce such By-laws as are requisite for the following
matters (that is to say)—(a), fixing the number of persons who may
occupy a house, or part of a house, which is let in lodgings or occupied by
members of more than one family, and for the separation of the sexes in a
house so let or occupied; (b), for the registration of houses so let or occupied;
(c), for the inspection of such houses; (d), for enforcing drainage for such
houses, and for promoting cleanliness and ventilation in such houses; (e), for
the cleansing and lime-washing at stated times of the premises; (/), for
taking of precautions in case of any infectious disease. (2) This section
shall not apply to common lodging-houses within the Common Lodging
Houses Act, 1851, or any Act amending the same.
By Section 100, the County Council, on it being proved to their satisfaction
that any Sanitary Authority have made default in doing their duty under this
Act with respect to the removal of any nuisance, the institution of any proceedings,
or the enforcement of any By-laws, may institute any proceeding
and do any act which the Authority might have instituted or done for that
purpose, and shall be entitled to recover from the Sanitary Authority in