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Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings.
No. of Tenements.
One
Room.
Two
Rooms.
Three
Rooms.
Four
Rooms.
Five or
more
Rooms.
No. of
Inhabitants.
EAST DISTRICT.
Harrow Alley and Stoney Lane—
North Block 48 8 217
South „ 5 22 13 178
Prince's ,, 5 50 167
Queen's „ 5 40 5 j160
King's „ 8 16 16 158
Barker's Buildings, Catherine Wheel Alley,
Bishopsgate 12 10 3 59
Total Two" Blocks" 35 186 45 939
These ten Blocks, contain 434 tenements, and are inhabited by 1,339
persons—an average of 3 08 persons to each tenement.
COMMON LODGING-HOUSE, 116, MIDDLESEX STREET.—The above
premises, which is known as the " Salvation Army Working Men's Hotel and
Shelter," and is the only common lodging-house in the City, was opened on the
7th February, 1906. It was utilized during the war as a Soldier's Hostel, but is
now again in use as a common lodging-house. The premises are periodically
inspected and always found to be well kept and in a generally satisfactory condition.
NEGLECT TO COMPLY WITH WATER-CLOSET BYE-LAWS.
In accordance with the Bye-laws with respect to water-closets, &c., made under
Section 54 of the City of London (Various Powers) Act, 1900, every person who
shall intend to construct a water-closet, or to connect or disconnect any watercloset
from any soil pipe or drain, shall, at least seven days before the work is to
be commenced, deliver or send to the Corporation at the Guildhall, a plan showing
the situation of such water-closet, drawn to scale, together with a section showing
the proposed means of ventilation.
Under Section 17, every person who shall offend against these Bye-laws renders
himself liable to a penalty of £5 for every such offence, and in the case of a continuing
offence, to a further penalty of 40s. for each day after written notice of
this offence from the Corporation.
Any infringement of such Bye-law is a serious matter and may lead to considerable
trouble and expense to the owner of the property, inasmuch as it may
necessitate the condemnation of a system installed in contravention of the Corporation
requirements.
One instance of neglect in this respect has occurred during the year under
review, and the following is a resume of the facts:—
38, BARBICAN.—In the course of routine inspection it was learnt that a
water-closet was in course of removal from one position in this building to another.
No notice of this work had been given or plans deposited. A satisfactory explanation,
however, was submitted by the Solicitor to the owner, and the work permitted
to proceed.
DRAINAGE PLANS.—In the course of the year, 254 plans were submitted
with regard to proposed reconstruction of water-closets or drains in the City.
Of these, 229 were approved, 14 revised and approved, and 11 not approved.
STREET GULLIES.—The gradual substitution of properly trapped gullies
for those formerly existing, has greatly reduced the number of complaints received
of offensive smells arising from those appliances, especially in warm weather.
In some cases this nuisance was doubtless due to want of flushing, but in the
majority faulty construction was the cause of the trouble.
The City Engineer has given special attention to this matter for several years
past, and his action in replacing the old pattern gullies with those of a more up-todate
design will, I hope, eventually lead to a complete abatement of the evil.