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101
HOUSING OP THE WORKING CLASSES
ACT, 1890.
40 houses were represented to the Vestry by the Medical
Officer of Health, under Part II. of the Housing of the
Working Classes Act, during the year 1897, as being unfit
for human habitation, on account of the premises being
dirty, damp, dilapidated, defective in drains and sanitary
appliances, deficient in light and ventilation, built over
stables, having no ground ventilation, generally worn out,
etc. Details are to be found on pp. -
Records of action taken under this Act in Lambeth
Parish shew that:—
6 houses were condemned in 1893.
39 „ „ „ „ 1894.
16 „ „ „ „ 1895.
96 „ „ „ „1896.
40 „ „ „ „ 1897.
The policy adopted has been the same as in previous
years, viz. : only to represent under this particular Act
premises which are too insanitary or dilapidated to be dealt
with by the service of ordinary Notices under the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891. In very many instances this
latter Act has accomplished all that was required, and only
in comparatively few cases has it been, fortunately, found
necessary to take proceedings under the former and most
stringent Act. To realise fully the work that has been
accomplished during the year in bringing up to a better
state of sanitation and more habitable condition the houses
of the working classes and of others, reference must also be
made to the Tables given on pp. 70—71, which are to be
read in conjunction with the details given under the present
heading.