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THE HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES.
Bye-Laws for Houses Let in Lodgings or occupied by
Members of more than one Family.
Under the provisions of the Sanitary Acts of 1866 and
1874, regulations were made by your Vestry, in 1885, and
some 1,500 houses have been registered thereunder. The said
Acts having been repealed, and modified provisions in respect of
bye-laws enacted in the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
the Local Government Board addressed a circular letter on the
subject to the Sanitary Authorities in 1892, and again in 1894.
In the latter communication the Board point out that the powers
conferred by the new Act (section 94) " differ in some respects
from those exerciseable under section 35 of the Sanitary Act,
1866, and section 47 of the Sanitary Law Amendment Act,
1874, in pursuance of which the regulations now in force in
(this) district were made ; " inasmuch as section 94 of the new
Act " no longer provides that such matters as the enforcement
of privy accommodation, the paving of premises, the notices to
be given in cases of infectious or contagious disease, the
cleansing of cisterns, or the keeping of water-closets in good
order, &c., shall be dealt with by regulations applicable to
houses let in lodgings. These matters," it is added, " can be
otherwise dealt with, in some cases by bye-laws made by the
Sanitary Authority and applicable generally to all houses in
the district, whether let in lodgings or not, and in others by
bye-laws made by the London County Council." The Board's
letter was accompanied by copies of " a model series of bye-laws,
which they had caused to be prepared for the use of Sanitary
Authorities under section 94 of the Act;" and it was stated
that " these model forms were drawn up after very careful
consideration by the Board of the regulations which
might be properly enforced in the case of the class of houses
to which the enactment applies." The Board's model clauses
deal with none of the subjects referred to, and it was suggested