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Houses Let in Lodgings.—Under Section 6 of the Housing
Act, 1925, the London County Council made Bye-laws which came
into force in 1926. These Bye-laws define a house let in lodgings
as ordinary tenement houses in which the rooms or floors are let
out separately, and all houses suitable to the working classes and
occupied by members of more than one family are subject to
registration, and in them there must be compliance with certain
requirements as to sanitation, cleanliness, etc. New Bye-laws
under the Housing Act, 1936, were confirmed by the Minister of
Health on the 13th December, but did not come into operation
until the 1st January, 1939. At the end of the year 88 houses were
on the Register and 211 inspections were made by the Woman
Inspector. No case called for legal proceedings.
Rag Flock Acts, 1911 and Public Health (London) Act, 1936Section
136.—These Acts prohibit the sale or use for the purpose
of making any article of upholstery, cushions or bedding, of unclean
flock manufactured from rags. Two samples were taken
during the year. The Analyst's report is shown in the following
table:

Note:—Standard allowed is 30 parts of chlorine in 100,000 parts of Rag Flock.
Drainage.—During the year 107 plans of drainage and other
sanitary works relating to existing and new buildings were examined
and approved.
Exhumations.—In accordance with a notice received from
the Home Office of an exhumation at one of the Council's cemeteries
the Sanitary Inspector for the district was present to see that the
usual precautions were duly carried out.
Removal of Aged, Infirm or Physically Incapacitated
Persons.—During the year four such cases were brought to the
knowledge of the Department and were visited to see if action
was necessary and desirable. As a result of these visits one case
was persuaded to enter an Institution voluntarily, and two were
taken charge of by relatives. In the remaining case the conditions
did not call for any action.