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day housing conditions. The proposed byelaws under Section 26 of the
1919 Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, have not yet been issued by
the London County Council. It is understood that draft byelaws have
been prepared and submitted to the Ministry of Health for approval.
It is hoped that they will shortly materialise in legal form as the existing
byelaws are practically useless.
Housing Survey. House-to-house inspection was continued on the
same lines as in previous years. In the course of the year, 284 houses
were inspected and recorded by the Inspectors, compared with 213 in
1924.
During the year statements have appeared in the Press making allegations
as to the widespread existence of insanitary conditions and slum
areas in the borough. It is of great assistance to a Local Authority to
have an intelligent interest in sanitary matters taken by the inhabitants,
but the object is defeated when exaggerated statements are made. Some
of the statements appeared to be due to a misunderstanding of the facts
upon which the statements were based; others to conscious and deliberate
exaggeration.