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91
Overcrowding—1907.
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 40
Number remedied 40
Number of prosecutions —
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 14
Number of rooms closed 14
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 8
Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Act. —
Number of premises cleansed under Sec. 20 of L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1904 137
Shelters provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year No shelter
Revenue Acts—
Number of houses for which applications for certificates were received during year 22
Number of tenements comprised therein 74
Number of tenements for which certificates were (a) granted 72
(b) refused 2
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health Act, 1891.
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice, salt, filth, etc., —
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter running out of any
factory, etc. —
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner as to be injurious to health —
(d) As to paving of yards, etc., of dwelling houses —
(e) In connection with the removal of offensive matter, etc —
(f) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse, etc. —
(g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns, etc. —
(h) With respect to water closets, earth closets, etc. —
(i) With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water closets —
('j) With respect to drainage, etc., (Metropolis Management Act, section 202) —
(k) With respect to deposit of plans as to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management Acts
Amendment (By-laws) Act, 1899) —
Mortuaries—
Total number of bodies removed 340
Total number of infectious bodies removed 2