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Houses Let in Lodgings-—The number of houses let in lodgings on the Council's register
at the end of the year was 2,093, as compared with 2,102 at the end of 1912, the difference being
due- to the addition of three houses and the removal of twelve. The effect of registration is to
render the premises subject to the requirements of the Council's Bye-Laws made under Section 94
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, as extended by Section 16 of the Housing, Town Planning,
etc., Act, 1909, with respect to houses intended for the working classes, and let in lodgings or
occupied by members of more than one family.
The inspections and re-inspections of the registered lodging houses in the Borough numbered
7,470. Notices requiring the remedy of defects found were served in 900 instances, and 58 cases of
overcrowding were abated. The owners of six lodging houses were summoned for breaches of the
lodging house bye-laws, or failure to carry out sanitary works required by the inspectors.
Furnished Rooms. —Of the 2,094 lodging houses on the Council's Register, 187 were in
1912 let in furnished rooms, the rent charged being at the rate of 1s. per room for one night, or
6s. for a complete week. A complete list of the furnished lodging houses in the Borough will be
found in the Appendix of the Annual Report for 1912, which on page 47 contains a summary
showing the streets in which such houses are situated, and the number of such houses in each street.
The following figures show the number of houses let in furnished rooms at 1s. per night in the
different parts of the Borough:—
Norland Ward 143
St. Charles Ward 17
Pembridge Ward 24
Golborne Ward 2
Holland Ward 1
Other Wards 0
Total 187
Notting Dale Special Area in the Norland Ward 103
In 70 of the above 187 houses, unfurnished as well as furnished rooms were being let in 1912,
the remaining 117 houses being let furnished throughout. Of the three houses added to the
register in 1913, one in Sirdar Road was let in furnished lodgings throughout. The other two were
situated in Kensal Road and were let in unfurnished lodgings, with the exception in each case of
one furnished room on the top floor.
The inspections of houses let in furnished lodgings during the year numbered 1,591. In the
Notting Dale area alone 79 notices requiring dirty bedding to be cleansed were served, and 1 bed
was destroyed. In the same district 77 verminous rooms were dealt with, and 157 registered
lodging houses were cleansed at the instance of the Sanitary Inspector. In the returns as to
furnished and unfurnished rooms, the two classes of lodgings have been distinguished as regards
inspection, but owing to the clerical work which such a course would have involved they have not
been distinguished in the records of the sanitary notices served.
Common Lodging Houses.—The Common Lodging Houses in the Borough number 22, and
contain accommodation for 673 persons. From the following Table it will be seen that 19 of these
houses are situated in the Norland Ward:—