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" (A) That housing accommodation should be provided for a number of persons
" equal to that of the working classes displaced by any scheme under the Housing
" of the Working Classes Act, 1890, or under the provisions of any improvement
" Act, but not necessarily in the immediate neighbourhood of the displacement,
" due consideration being given to the needs of those living on any particular
" area.
Amended and adopted.
" (b) That all clearances under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890,
" which involve re-housing, be done at the sole cost of the Council."
Adopted.
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
A letter dated 1 st July having been received from the London County
Council asking what steps had been taken for the enforcement of
by-laws relating to houses let in lodgings, the communication was
referred to the Sanitary Committee, The letter, moreover, expressed
the Council's view that the rent of tenements which exempts the
houses in the district from being subject to the by-laws is so low as
to militate against their usefulness, and suggested that the Board
should consider the desirability of amending the exempting clauses.
In the Poplar district, as the bye-law now stands, exempted unfurnished
houses are at a rate of 3s. per week or upwards, and
furnished houses at a rate of 4s. per week and upwards. On the 8th
September I presented a report upon the whole subject to the Sanitary
Committee, and the Committee deferred consideration of the matter
for three months. At the time of writing this annual report my
report of the 8th September is again before the Committee.
BAKEHOUSES.
During the year the bakehouses were twice inspected by Mr.
Raymond, the Inspector of Nuisances in factories and workshops,
and the notices as to limewhiting, &c., were served in those cases
considered necessary. See Inspector's Report, page 87.