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The Writer Supply of Tenement Houses.
The action taken in Hampstead during 1914 to improve the water
supply of tenement houses under the powers conferred upon London
Sanitary Authorities by Section 78 of the London County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1907, which empowers the sanitary authority to
require a proper and sufficient supply of water in each storey of a tenement
house that is separately occupied, has resulted in the provision of
water taps and glazed earthenware sinks in 101 houses. Prior to the
passing of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907,
London Sanitary Authorities had no power to insist on the provision of
adequate water supply in tenement houses. This Act, however, has
been the means by which this great improvement has been effected.
The number of houses dealt with in Hampstead during the last seven
years is as follows:—
1908 24
1909 85
1910 99
1911 105
1912 152
1913 115
1914 101
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Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
This part of the Report is made pursuant to Section 132 of the
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, which provides that —
"The Medical Officer of Health of every District Council shall
in his Annual Report to them, report specifically on the
administration of this Act in workshops and workplaces,
and he shall send a copy of his Annual Report, or so much
of it as deals with this subject, to the Secretary of State."
Factories.
The sanitation of factories is largely controlled by the Factory
Inspectors, but duties of considerable importance relating to general
sanitation devolve upon the Borough Council, who are responsible,
among other duties, for the administration of Section 38 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891. The section imposes upon the Council