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Insanitary or Uninhabitable Dwellings.
The following is a list of dwellings that were found, during the
year, to be so insanitary that extensive structural alterations were
necessary to make them fit for human habitation. Most of the
premises were, as was the case in former years, stable dwellings.
One of the houses in the following list was closed over two years
ago by a closing order, and it was not until the end of last year that
the owner could be induced to carry out the necessary work.
1, 2, 11, Abbey Lane.
12, Albert Mews.
12b, 16, 17, Alexandra Mews.
2, 3, Burdett's Yard.
25, 27, Canfield Place.
28, 35, 41, Fairfax Mews.
3, Fairfax Yard.
3, Flask Cottages.
1, King's College Mews West.
1, Ravenshaw Street.
12, West Hampstead Mews.
4, Williams 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 100 dwellings,
this number being 8 more than the number for which applications
were made in 1906.
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