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Conference on the Administration of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
(Special Report presented to the Council on October 27th, 1904.)
We attended the Conference at Spring Gardens on July 7th
and July 18th, 1904. A large number of subjects came up for
discussion before the Conference, taking up two whole days, and
the results are best shown by the subjoined resolutions, which
were carried:—
HOUSING.
Houses Let in Lodgings.
That the efficient administration of Section 94 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, relating to the registration and
regulation of houses let in lodgings is a matter of extreme importance
to the public health of London.
That it is advisable that in bye-laws made in respect of houses
let in lodgings there should be no rental limit of exemption, but
that they should be so framed as to apply only to such houses as
are registered by the sanitary authority.
That the efficient enforcement of bye-laws relating to houses
let in lodgings is the most effective method of dealing with overcrowding,
but that inspections should from time to time be made
during the early hours of the morning at other houses where
overcrowding within the meaning of Section 2(1) (e) of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, is suspected.
Underground Rooms.
That a single angle of light and air to underground dwelling
rooms should be adopted in the enforcing of Section 96 of the
Public Health (London) Act.
That this Conference is of opinion that no underground room
not complying with the conditions laid down by Section 96 of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, should be used for
sleeping.