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No proper area provided 105
Space beneath floor insufficiently ventilated 58
Site not concreted 99
Other defects 45
In 68 cases the illegal occupation of the rooms was discontinued.
In the remaining cases, the owners were called upon
to carry out within a reasonable time, the necessary structural
alterations to make the rooms comply with the requirements of
the Act and the regulations made thereunder ; and they were
informed that in default of compliance Closing Orders would be
made by the Council.
Closing Orders were made by the Council in respect of 44
underground rooms illegally occupied, of which 15 were in respect
of underground rooms inspected during 1912. In the case of
14 of these rooms, the illegal occupation was discontinued, and
in the case of the remainder the necessary structural alterations
were carried out.
Houses Let in Lodgings.
In the Borough of Battersea there are a small number of
houses let in lodgings under circumstances which render it
desirable, in the interest of public health, that they should be
registered and inspected at regular intervals.
At the end of 1913, 114 premises were on the register as
compared with 123 in 1912. Nine houses in Europa Place were
removed from the register, the houses having been acquired for
the purposes of extending the premises of a neighbouring factory.
The sanitary condition of houses let in lodgings is governed
by by-laws made by the Council. These by-laws have from time
to time been revised, and the coming into force of the Housing,
Town Planning. &c., Act, 1909, rendered it necessary to re-make
the by-laws, so far at least as they relate to houses intended for
the working classes, in order to comply with the provisions of
Section 16 of that Act. The by-laws were accordingly re-made
and submitted to the Local Government Board, and were duly
approved, and are now in force.
Smoke Nuisances.
Emissions of black smoke were reported during the year on
40 occasions. In 17 instances these were reported by the Coal
Smoke Abatement Society, in 19 by the Council's Sanitary
Inspectors, and in four cases the London County Council was