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The work of the outdoor staff is reflected in the
volume of clerical work associated with sanitary
administration.
During the year 5,558 Preliminary Notices were
served requiring the remedying of Nuisances. 2,793
Statutory Notices were served.
The legal proceedings which were necessary to
enforce the Notices served are reported on in the
appendix to this report.
At the beginning of the year there were 669
premises with nuisances outstanding. During the year,
nuisances at 6,218 premises were abated and 766
premises with nuisances outstanding were carried
forward to 1934.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
Under the operation of the Transfer of Powers
(London) Order, 1933, the licensing of Common
Lodging Houses came under the jurisdiction of the
Borough Council. There are 5 such premises in the
Borough, and the inspectors paid 44 visits to them.
One sanitary notice was served.
TENEMENT HOUSES.
The number of houses on the register as being let
in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one
family was 170; 929 visits of inspection were made
to these houses, and arising out of such visits 287
notices were served.
Comprehensive by-laws with regard to tenement
houses were made in 1925, although many important
clauses do not operate until six months after the Rent
Restrictions Acts have ceased to be in force. During
1931, the L.C.C. made amending by-laws, whereby
certain of these clauses come into operation upon any
tenement houses becoming decontrolled. Only a small