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proceedings during 1907.

* (a) For overcrowding.
* (6) For other conditions (including annual cleansing).
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes 746
Overcrowding, 1907—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 416
Number remedied 295
Number of prosecutions —
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year —
Number of rooms closed —
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 —
Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Act —
Number of premises cleansed under Sec. 20 of the L.C.C. (General Powers) Act,
1904 146
Shelters provided under Sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year —
Revenue Acts—
Number of houses for which applications were received during year 19
Number of tenements comprised therein 162
(a) granted 136*
Number of tenements for which certificates were (b) refused —
(c) deferred 73
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health Act, 1891—
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice, salt, filth, etc. —
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter running out of any
manufactory, etc.
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner as to be injurious
to health —
(d) As to paving of yards, etc., of dwelling houses —
(c) In connection with the removal of offensive matter, etc. —
(f) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse, etc. —
(g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns, etc. —
(h) With respect to water closets, earth closets, etc. 1
(/) With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water closets —
(j) With respect to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management Act, Sec. 202) —
(k) With respect to deposit of plans as to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Management
Acts Amendment (By-laws) Act, 1899) 10
Mortuaries—
Total number of bodies removed 290
Total number of infectious bodies removed 3
* Including 47 deferred from 1906.