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BY-LAWS AS TO HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
At the end of the year 686 houses were registered under these by-laws. Of
these, 361 are in St. Giles and Bloomsbury and 325 in the Holborn Division.
During the year a double house, Nos. 42 and 43, Great Saffron Hill, was
added to the Register.
During the year there were 1,325 inspections of these premises, excluding a
very large number of periodical inspections and re-inspections. Eleven notices
were served for 16 overcrowded rooms, and 275 notices for other breaches of the
by-laws, exclusive of 672 notices that were served for annual cleansing as required
by the by-laws.
OVERCROWDING.
The number of dwelling rooms found to be overcrowded was 44, in comparison
with 60 in the previous year. Sixteen of these were dealt with as breaches of
the By-Laws as to Houses Let in Lodgings.
REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
In accordance with the contract all house refuse has to be removed during
the months April to October inclusive, at least twice a week, and oftener if
required by the Medical Officer of Health, and in the remaining months
November to March, at least once in each week and oftener if required. In the
main thoroughfares there is a daily collection.
Although during the past three years the dust contract has been £800 per
annum less than the preceding contract, the number of complaints from householders
has very much diminished, especially during the past year.
The Council has also effected a further saving of more than £200 per annum
in salaries as the duties of the Dust Inspectors are now carried out by the
Sanitary Inspectors.
During the year 15,995 loads of house refuse were removed.
During the year a number of applications were received for the removal of
trade refuse for which the contractor is paid by the owners in accordance with
section 33 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
REMOVAL OF MANURE.
The removal of manure was again carried out satisfactorily, and for the first
time no complaint was received during the year. Posters requiring the periodical
removal of manure and other refuse matter from all stables, cowhouses, or other
premises in the Borough not less frequently than every 48 hours were again posted
in the various mews in the Borough.