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Water Supply in Tenement Houses.
An additional water supply on upper floors was
required and provided in 15 tenement houses, under
section 78 of the London County Council (General
Powers) Act, 1907, by which a sufficient supply of water
can be required on each separately occupied floor of a
tenement house.
Houses Let in Lodging.
New bye-laws in respect of houses let in lodgings
are being draughted as the unsatisfactory nature of the
exemption clause renders the existing bye-laws useless.
Certificates under the Revenue Acts.
Applications were received for certificates under the
Revenue Acts for exemption from an abatement of
inhabited house duty in respect of 384 tenements, of
which 217 were granted, 107 were given after certain
specified works had been completed, and 60 were refused.
Certificates in respect of 725 dwellings, which had
been granted for a limited period, were renewed.
REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
The service for the removal of house refuse has been
well maintained, and but few complaints of failure to
remove it on the regular days have been received, but
as I have already stated when dealing with diarrhœal
mortality a more frequent collection during the summer
months is badly needed. A more liberal interpretation
of what constitutes "house refuse" is also desirable, as we
not infrequently have complaints of such things as old
mattresses, often offensive and verminous, being left in
the yards of houses owing to the refusal of the dustmen
to remove them except on payment, on the ground that
they are not "house refuse." In my opinion such
things are covered by the definition of house refuse in