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during the year 93 Camberwell families living in unhealthy and
overcrowded conditions were accepted as tenants.
The owners and tenants of the houses in which these families
lived were warned that legal action would be taken if the vacated
accommodation again became overcrowded.
Houses Let in Lodgings.
A new series of By-laws for houses let in lodgings, rescinding
which had been in force previously, came into operation in
The work of reviewing the old register was completed during
the year; as a result 57 houses which no longer conformed to the
definition of a house let in lodgings were removed from the
register, leaving a total of 240 houses subject to the new by-laws.
A house let in lodgings is now defined as:—A house or part
of a house intended or used for occupation by the working classes
and let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one
family, but shall not include a house in which the tenant resides
on the premises and in which not more than two persons in
addition to the tenant and his family also reside at any one time.
The Minister of Health, in his certificate of confirmation of
these By-laws, added a rider that they should not apply to every
house in which a tenant resides and not more than one family is
lodged.
The operation of certain of the By-laws is postponed during
the period of the continuance in force of the Rent and Mortgage
Interest (Restriction) Acts and for six months thereafter.
Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restriction) Acts, 1920-1923.
There were 11 applications made for certificates under the
Acts that dwellings were not in all respects reasonably fit for
human habitation, and every one was granted. Arising from these
applications, action was taken under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, to compel the owners to make the premises reasonably
fit for habitation.
HOUSING, 1927. STATISTICS.
Number of New Dwelling Houses erected during the Year 1927.
(a) Total (including numbers given separately under (b) 74
(6) With State assistance under the Housing Acts—
(1) By the Local Authority Nil
(2) By other bodies or persons 74
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