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The former standards of overcrowding in registered tenement
houses, which were based on cubic air space, therefore, no longer exist,
and the new standards prescribed by the Act of 1936 are applicable to
dwelling-houses whether registered under the tenement house byelaws
or not.
Common Lodging Houses and Seamen's Lodging Houses.
None exists in the Borough.
Business of Rag and Bone Dealers.
There is only one premises in the Borough where the business of
a dealer in Rags, etc., is carried on.
Offensive Trades.
No offensive trade is carried on in the Borough.
Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts.
Number of certificates applied for 15
„ „ issued 18
Factory and Workshop Acts.
Section 132 of the Act of 1901 requires every Medical Officer of
Health in his Annual Report specially to report on the administration
of these Acts, and tabulated statements were framed by the Home
Secretary with a view to such reports being made upon uniform lines.
It is the statutory duty of the Borough Council to keep a Register of
all Workshops situated within their district.