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New By-laws with regard to tenement houses
are now in operation, although many important clauses
do not operate until six months after the Rent
Restrictions Acts have ceased to be in force. The
new By-laws apply to a great many houses in Bethnal
Green, and, as and when these houses are duly
registered, should lead to a considerable improvement
in their sanitary condition and in the comfort of their
inhabitants.
RENT ANI) MORTGAGE INTEREST
RESTRICTIONS ACTS, 1920 & 1923
During the year no application for a certificate
as to the state of repair of a house was received.
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACTS.
Provision was contained in the Customs and
Inland Revenue Act, 1890, amended in 1891 and
1903, for the exemption from inhabited house duty of
dwellings below 7s. 6d. in weekly rent, certified by
the Medical Officer of Health to be so constructed
as to provide suitable accommodation for the families
occupying them. Owing to the lapse of time and
altered level of rentals, little use is now made of
this provision and no application for a certificate
was received during the year.
WATER SUPPLY TO NEW HOUSES.
During the year 34 new houses were certified as
having a proper and sufficient water supply.
SMOKE NUISANCE.
During the year, 14 formal observations of smoke
shafts were made, and 7 notices were served in respect
of nuisances.