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Registration and inspection
Space per head and separation of the sexes
Prohibition of underground rooms for sleeping
purposes
Cleanliness of premises and furnishings
Ventilation, washing facilities and sanitary
accommodation
Infectious disease precautions
By the end of the year, fifty-three hostels had been
registered under the byelaws. Six notices were served requiring
the remedy of certain defects and deficiencies.
Accommodation for Costermongers
The general condition of mews dwellings in the borough
has received much attention from the public health viewpoint
for many years. In certain of the mewsways occupied by
persons of the street trading class, the stable accommodation
is used for storage, etc., and difficulties constantly arise
owing to the nature of the businesses carried on.
In connection with the policy of clearing unsatisfactory
mews dwellings, the Council appreciated that street traders
must have storage accommodation for their horses, vehicles,
barrows and goods. Accordingly, the London County Council
were requested to promote legislation to enable the Borough
Council to provide accommodation for costermongers, who might
be displaced from unfit mewsways.
Since 28th July, 1950, special legislation has enabled
the Kensington Council to provide and maintain storage and
stabling accommodation for use by street traders and other
like persons displaced by reason of the exercise by the Council
of their powers under the Housing Acts, 1936/49, or by the
acquisition of lands under any other enactment.
Plans for erecting costermongers' stabling and storage
accommodation in Gadsden Mews have been prepared by the
Borough Engineer and the building operations are now proceeding.
FACTORIES
Section 128 of the Factories Act, 1937, requires the
Medical Officer of Health to make an annual report in regard
to the Council's functions under the Act. The following
tables contain a summary of the inspections made and the
defects found and remedied within the borough during 1953:-