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Section 75 of the Act of 1890 implies a condition (under certain
circumstances) that any contract made after the 14th August, 1885, for
the letting of a house or part of a house for habitation by persons of the
working classes, that the premises were at the time of such letting fit
for habitation, but it appears that it was possible for the parties concerned
to contract themselves out of the provisions of the section.
Henceforth any such contract, if made, is declared to be void.
Hitherto a Metropolitan Borough Council has been unable to
contribute to the cost incurred by the London County Council in
carrying out an improvement scheme under Part I. within its district;
such disability is now removed, and the necessary borrowing powers
are given.
The Midwives' Act, 1902.
The above Act, the purpose of which is to secure the better training
of midwives and to regulate their practice, came into force on April 1st,
1903.
A Central Midwives' Board has been appointed, and in London the
"local supervising authority" is the London County Council, who,
however, have power to delegate the local administration of the Act to
the Borough Council.
The County Council, however, have decided to retain the control in
its own hands.