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At present the income of the family is not enough for
subsistence, without paying the rent of two rooms 7s. 6d. which
they ought to have to abate overcrowding.
Yours, etc.,
JOHN FOOT."
There are scores of others and it is lamentable
that so many of our so called overcrowding cases are
simply the out-come of want of employment and may
be far more aptly described as poverty cases. It is
certain there will be no real remedy until some honest
attempt is made to find these poor people regular
work and to lift them bodily out of their squalid and
wretched surroundings.
REMOVAL OF OFFENSIVE REFUSE.
For some time past, endeavours have been made
to secure a revision of the Bye-Laws of the County
Council, respecting the removal of offensive refuse
through the streets. The. following report was submitted
to the Council on the 20th May:—
Representations have in the past from time to time been
made to the London County Council by the Council and this
Committee on the subject of the times during which the removal
of offensive refuse through the streets is allowed.
The limits of times at present allowed by the bye-laws
made by the London County Council are as follows:—
Between 4 a.m. & 10 a.m. during March to October inclusive.
Between 6 a.m. & 12 noon during the remainder of the year.
The representations made having failed to secure any
amendment of these limits, the Council in March, 1907, upon
the report of this Committee, who held a strong opinion that
the removal of offensive refuse by the Council is the only way