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Houses let in Lodgings.
In the Borough of Battersea there are a number of houses
let in lodgings under circumstances and conditions vvhch render
it desirable in the interests of public health that they should be
registered and inspected at regular intervals.
By the end of 1907, 123 premises were on the register, and no
additional houses were placed on the Register during the year.
The bye-laws were revised in 1904, and having been duly
sanctioned by the Local Government Board, are now in force in
the Borough. Provisions exist in the bye-laws:—
(a) For fixing the number of persons who may occupy a
house, or part of a house, which is let in lodgings or
occupied by members of more than one family.
(b) For the registration of houses so let or occupied.
(ic) For the inspection of such houses.
(d) For enforcing drainage for such houses, and for
moting cleanliness and ventilation in such houses.
(e) For the cleansing and limewashing, at stated times, of
the premises.
(f) For the taking of precautions in case of infectious
disease.
The two main objects of the bye-laws are the maintenance
of sanitation and the prevention of overcrowding. The former
is attained by a variety of bye-laws (9-17) and the latter by byelaws
3 and 4, which lay down the following standard:—
3. A lodger in a lodging-house and, subject to the provisions
of these bye-laws the keeper of the lodging-house or, where there
is no keeper and the landlord resides on the premises, the landlord
of the lodging-house shall not knowingly cause or suffer