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"sub-section applies shall not be treated as a Closing Order in respect of a
"dwelling house for the purposes of Section 18 of the Act which deals with
"Demolition Orders."
I prepared suggested regulations in accordance with the above, and after
careful consideration by the Committee the matter was adjourned for the
present.
Section 35 exempts from inhabited house duty lodging houses for the
working classes; upon production of a certificate that the house is solely constructed
and used to afford suitable accommodation for the lodgers, and that
due provision is made for their sanitary requirements.
I inspected and gave certificates for the following premises, all of which
are common lodging houses :
Municipal Lodging House, Parker Street.
28, Orde Hall Street.
39, Queen Square.
4, Greville Street.
40, Eagle Street.
25, Charles Street.
Shaftesbury Chambers, 1 to 7, Macklin Street.
Ashley Chambers, 6 and 7, Wild Court.
12 and 13, Tooks Court.
6, Betterton Street.
I was also asked to give certificates for 19 and 21, Macklin Street, and 1
to 8, Kennedy Court, but the Act did not apply to those as a charge
exceeding 6d. per night for each person is made.
LIST OF PREMISES CLOSED, DEMOLISHED OR REBUILT DURING 1910.
St. Giles and Bloomsbury.
Alfred Place, Nos. 28 to 31. Site still vacant.
Do. No. 32. New Home for Jewish Working Girls built.
Betterton Street, Nos. 15 and 16. Demolished.
Bloomsbury Square, Nos. 42 and 42a. Rebuilt.
Broad Street, Nos. 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. Closed.
Denmark Street, No. 28. New premises built.
Drury Lane, Nos. 192 and 193. Demolished.
Dyott Street, Nos. 19, 20 and 21. New premises built.
Francis Street, Nos. 14 to 18. Site still vacant.
Goldsmith Street, Nos. 3, 5 and 7. Demolished.
Gower Street, Nos. 44 to 54 (inclusive.) Premises closed for demolition.