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Between the commencement of the work in June
and the end of the year, 311 houses were visited for
the purposes of registration, 168 demands for particulars
issued, and 1,235 rooms measured up, and
their cubic contents calculated. At the end of the
year 86 houses were on the Register.
From an examination of the Register, it appears
that there was not that amount of overcrowding in
Woodchester and Clarendon Streets which was commonly
reputed to exist. This means that, as a rule,
the tenements were not occupied to the fullest extent
permissible under the Bye-laws, which prescribe
400 cubic feet for adults, and 200 cubic feet for
children under ten years of age, for the inhabitants
of rooms used for the double purpose of living and
sleeping. Such an extreme aggregation of individuals
as is permissible under these conditions is by no
means desirable, although legal. With very few
exceptions, the water-closet accommodation was
insufficient for the inhabitants of the houses.
House Drainage.—Regulations governing the redraining
of houses have not yet been adopted by the
Vestry. The lack of such regulations makes the
work of securing good drainage difficult, inasmuch as
owners do not know what they have to do, and are
inclined to think that the proposals of the Vestry's
Officers are in excess of their legal powers. The
London County Council have not yet issued Bye-laws
under the 202nd Section of the Metropolis Local