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1-6, Prince Arthur Buildings, Church Lane.
1, Regents Mews.
Finney's Stables, 3a, Regents Park Road.
76, Upper Park Road.
St. James' Cottage, Vale of Health.
13, West Hampstead Mews.
1, Williams' Mews.
11, 15, 17, 19, 21, Winchester Mews.
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts.
These Acts provide that the owners of premises that are let
in dwellings of a certain class may claim exemption or abatement
from inhabited house duty on producing a certificate from the
Medical Officer of Health that the dwellings afford proper sanitary
accommodation for the occupants. During the year applications
for certificates under these Acts were received in respect of
56 dwellings, this number being 44 less than the number for which
applications were made in 1907.
Upon receipt of an application for a certificate a detailed
sanitary survey is made of the premises, and should any of the
dwellings fail to reach the required standard of sanitation, a list
of requirements is drawn up and sent to the owner, and the certificate
is only granted when these requirements are fulfilled. In
every case the drains are required to stand the water test, and all
gas stoves must be well ventilated into the open air by means of
a properly constructed hood and shaft. The inspections necessitated
by these applications throw a good deal of work upon the
staff of the Health Department, but the improvements obtained are
valuable. The Acts afford the means whereby the Council are
able to secure a standard of wholesomeness in certain dwellings
that could not be obtained in any other way.
In 1908 the number of dwellings certified was 4, as compared
with 12 in 1907.
The following is a list of the dwellings certified, with the
date of the certificate.