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ABSTRACT
prepared by the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
on
The Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890,
By request of the Sanitary Committee of the Board of
Works for the Hackney District.
Part 1 deals with unhealthy areas of sufficient size to bring
them under the control of the London County Council, and
therefore does not apply to this Board.
HOUSES UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION.
Part 2 repeals Torrens' Act and enables the Board to undertake
the closing of premises unlit for human habitation under the powers
conferred upon them by certain sections of the Nuisances Removal
and Sanitary Acts, and of closing them under the provisions of this
Act. Action is to be taken under this Part, when the unhealthy
area is too small to be dealt with under Pari 1.
The procedure is as follows—The Medical Officer of Health
is required, under clause 81, to report to the Board any
dwelling house which is unfit for human habitation, either on the
complaint of four householders living near the said houses, or from
his own knowledge acquired in the ordinary course of his duty. If
the Board should not take action on the report, the Local Government
Board may hold an enquiry, and may order the Board to take