View report page

61
thorough investigation of the whole of these premises, reporting
upon the matter to the Public Health Committee, who thereupon
decided that no scheme was necessary. Certain insanitary
conditions found in the premises were authorised to be dealt with
by notice upon the respective landlords, and a communication to
this effect was forwarded to the Governors of the Roans Charity.
Houses Let in Lodgings. Out of a number of such
premises which have been reported to the Committee, it has been
decided during 1909 to register 44, which together with the
twenty-four on the register at the end of 1908, gives a total of 68
premises on the Register of Houses Let in Lodgings at the end of
the year. Difficulties have again been experienced in connection
with the working of the By-laws relating to this matter which has
again necessitated considerable correspondence between the
Local Government Board and the Council with a view to further
radical amendments in such By-laws, and up to the present the
final amendments have not yet been definitely settled. In one
of the draft forms received by this Council from the Local
Government Board, it appeared as if that Board contemplated
placing the liability for attending to all the requirements of the
By-laws upon the landlord, who might or might not be the
person actually subletting the premises, thereby bringing the
premises within the purview of these By-laws. Whereas this
Council has endeavoured to throw the responsibility of attending to
certain requirements upon the person who actually received the
enhanced profit resulting from the sub-letting in lodgings. This
conflict of opinion has taken several months to satisfactorily arrange.
House Drainage. Two hundred and eighty-three house
drainage systems have been reconstructed; 211 such systems