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COWHOUSES.*
There were, within the Borough, at the end of 1915, 7 registered
Cowhouses, and at the Annual Licensing Meetings of the
London County Council, held on October 24th and November 9th,
1916, the licences were renewed with the exception of 6, Coral
Street, Lower Marsh, the renewal of the licence being refused on the
ground that the premises are unsuitable for the keeping of cows, and
that, in adidtion, no cows have been kept for some time therein.
* The 6 registered cowhouses are: —36A, Tracey Street (Bishop's Ward); 38,
Hartington Road (Vauxhall Ward); and the following 4 in Norwood Ward,
viz., 93, Clive Road; Elder Road Dairy; 76 and 78, Gipsy Hill; and 156,
Hamilton Road.
SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.*
There were within the Borough, at the end of 1915, 16 registered
Slaughter-houses, and at the Annual Licensing Meetings of the
London County Council, held on October 24th and November 9th,
1916, the licences were renewed with the exception of 121, High
Street, West Norwood, the renewal of the licence being refused on
the ground that the applicant is only an agent.
* The 15 registered slaughterhouses are: —99 and 106, Lower Marsh; 151,
Lambeth Walk; 60, Kennington Park Road; 406, Kennington Road; 27,
Bedford Road; Electric Lane (near Railway Hotel); Industry Terrace; 207
and 309, Coldharbour Lane; 77, Dulwich Road ; 12, Lower Tulse Hill; 45,
New Park Road; 125, Hamilton Road (West Norwood); and 120, High
Street (West Norwood).
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES, 1916.
HOUSING, TOWN PLANNING, ETC., ACT, 1909.
House-to-House Inspections and Closing-Orders.
No house-to-house inspections were carried out on account of
the war, and, consequently no representation for a Closing Order
was necessary.
In connection with the closing of houses under the Housing,
Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909, a total of 101 dwelling-houses within
the Borough have been represented by the Medical Officer of Health
as being unfit for human habitation from the time the Act came into
force (December 3rd, 1909) until the end of 1916, and Closing Orders
have been made by the Borough Council, as the Local Authority,
in connection therewith under Section 17 of the Act, with the result
that:—
(a) 76 houses have been closed and since demolished;
(b) 25 houses have been rendered fit for human habitation.