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HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
The Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Sect. 94, makes
it compulsory for the Vestry to make and enforce Bye-laws
as to houses let in lodgings, or occupied by members of
more than one family, in respect of the following provisions
:—
1. Registration and Inspection ;
2. Fixing the number of persons who may occupy a
house or part of a house while it is let in lodgings
or occupied by members of more than one family,
and for the separation of the sexes therein ;
3. Enforcing drainage and promoting cleanliness and
ventilation in such houses ;
4. Cleansing and lime-whiting at stated intervals of
such premises;
5. Taking precautions in case of any infectious disease.
A series of Bye-laws were adopted by the Vestry on
January 21st, 1897, and confirmed by the Local Government
Board on May 11th, 1897 ; and consequently the former
Bye-laws (made by the Vestry in 1873, under Sect. 35 of
the Sanitary Act, 1866, and confirmed by the Local Government
Board on November 21st, 1873) are now repealed.
During the year, i.e., since the confirmation of the Bye-laws,
the following houses have been selected by the Vestry for
registration :—
1—24, Prince's Square, Commercial Road.—24 houses
containing 120 rooms, in which are housed 60
families consisting of 224 persons, of whom 167
are over 10 years of age, and at rents varying
from 2s. 6d. to 8s. 6d. per week respectively: