View report page

II. (i.) Where a house, so far as it is used as a dwelling
house, is used for the sole purpose of providing separate
dwellings:—
(a) The value of any dwelling in the house which is
of an annual value below twenty pounds, shall be
excluded from the annual value of the house for the
purposes of inhabited house duty; and
(b) The rate of inhabited house duty, in respect of any
dwelling in the house of an annual value of twenty
pounds, but not exceeding forty pounds, shall be
reduced to three pence; and
(c) The rate of inhabited house duty, in respect of
any dwelling in the house of an annual rate exceeding
forty pounds, but not exceeding sixty pounds, shall be
reduced to sixpence.
During the year 40 dwellings were inspected in Whiteher
Street and Trundley Road, of these 36 received certificates,
the remaining 4 were unsatisfactory. Certificates were also
granted in respect of the London County Council's buildings,
Sylva Cottages in Mill Lane, which comprise 24 tenements,
each cottage is self-contained, and consists of living rooms,
scullery, water-closet, and two bedrooms, with a small garden
in the rear, accommodation is provided for 144 persons, and
33 certificates were also given to the tenements recently
erected in Church Street, after certain sanitary defects had
been remedied, making a total of 93.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
The total number of samples purchased during the year
1903 and submitted to the Public Analyist for the borough,
was 302. The following is a list of the samples taken, with the
number found to be adulterated:—