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paint or other covering is renewed, if the renewal the said surface is thoroughly cleansed, and the paint
thereof be necessary for the purpose of keeping the or covering is removed and renewed, if the removal and
premises in a cleanly and wholesome condition. renewal thereof be necessary for the purpose of keeping
the premises in a cleanly and wholesome condition ;
Provided further that where such cleansing or
lime-washing or renewal of paint as is hereinbefore
prescribed shall have been duly carried out at any time
within three calendar months prior to the month of
April, this By-law shall not be deemed to require such
cleansing, lime-washing or renewal of paint in the
month of April, save in so far as the same shall be
necessary for the purpose of keeping the premises in a
cleanly and wholesome condition.
20.—Subject to the provisions of these By-laws,
the tenant of a tenement house which is not intended
for the working classes and the landlord of a tenement
house intended for the working classes shall once at
least in every three years cause the walls of every court,
courtyard and area within the curtilage of the premises
to be limewashed.
Provision is made for the exemption from the operation of the By-law in any year of rooms
which have been "cleansed" for any reason within three months prior to April 1st. Under
Sub-Section 3 of Section 16 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909, the Council has
the power to carry out the clcansing if the notice served upon the owner of a house intended for
the working classes be not duly complied with.
An enumeration was made of the inhabitants of the houses in the Registered Streets,* the
results of which are given in Table 52 (page 98). That table comprises 5,004 families, containing
18,007 persons. They occupied 10,105 rooms, averaging 1'8 persons per room, whereas the
enumeration in 1911 dealt with 18,823 persons (5,404 families) living in 10,440 rooms, the
average (to the first place of decimals) being the same. The contents of the Table may be
summarised in the following form. The averages noted in 1911, added for the purposes of
comparison, show that the differences between the results of the two enumerations are trifling.
Averaging
Rooms to a Numbers of Inhabited by Per Tenement. Per Room.
Tenement. Tenements. (Persons). 1911. 1912. 1911. 1912.
1 1,909 4,093 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1
2 2,003 8,256 4.0 4.1 2.0 2.0
3 646 3,145 4.8 4.9 1.6 1.6
4 244 1,252 5.2 5.1 1.5 1.3
5 60 351 5.4 5.8 1.1 1.1
6 66 394 5.3 5.9 0.9 1.0
7 40 228 6.4 5.7 0.9 0.8
8 26 193 5.9 7.4 0.7 0.9
9 6 45 8.3 7.5 0.9 0.8
10 1 5 5.0 5.0 0.5 0.5
* Registered Streets, 1912 :—
Albert Street. Cuthbert Street. Howell Street. South Wharf Road.
Alfred Place. Dartington Terrace. Kensal Road. Stalham Street.
Alfred Road. Desborough Street. Kent's Place. Torquay Street.
Amberley Road. Dudley Street. Modena Street. Victoria Street.
Braden Street. Elcom Street. Netley Street. Waverley Road.
Braithwaite Place. Emily Street. North Wharf Road. Waverley Terrace.
Brindley Street. Green Street. Oliver Mews. Wellings Place.
Campbell Street. Hall Place. Orchard Street. Westbourne Terrace
Carlton Mews. Hall Place West. Philip Terrace. North.
Church Place. Hampden Street. Pressland Street. Woodchester Street.
Cirencester Street. Hasborough Street. Ranelagh Road. Woodfield Place.
Clarendon Street. Hermitage Street. Senior Street.
Crompton Street. Hethpool Street. Southam Street.
There are also 33 registered houses in 18 other streets (one or two in each street). These odd houses, not
included in Table 52, were occupied by 423 persons, 315 over ten years of age and 108 under, living in 276 rooms.