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This representation was in accordance with section 4 of the Act,
forwarded to and considered by the London County Council, who, on
November 10th, passed the following resolutions, which were forwarded
to this Council:—
(a) That the case of the houses and courts comprised in the Kilburn
Vale area, in relation to which the Medical Officer of Health
of the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead has made an
official representation, dated 9th June, 1903, under Part I. of
the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, is not of
general importance to the County of London, and should be
dealt with under Part II. of the Act.
(b) That the foregoing resolution be submitted to the Secretary of
State for the Home Department, in accordance with the provisions
of section 73 (I) (b) of the Housing of the Working
Classes Act, 1890, and that a copy of the report of the
Housing of the Working Classes Committee on the subject bo
also submitted to the Secretary of State.
On November 25th the Secretary of State wrote as follows:—
[Copy.]
Whitehall,
25th November, 1903.
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary of State to transmit to you,
herewith, copies of a letter and enclosure which have been received
from the London County Council on the subject of the official
representation made by the Medical Officer of Health of the Metropolitan
Borough of Hampstead under Part I. of the Housing of the
Working Classes Act, 1890, in relation to an area in that Borough
known as the Kilburn Vale Area, and I have to request that you
will be so good as to lay the same before your Council.
Before taking any further steps, in pursuance of section 73 of
the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, the Secretary of
State will be glad to be favoured with any observations which your
Council may wish to make upon the matter, and he will be glad to
be informed specially whether your Council are satisfied that such