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HOUSING.
Sickness.—Seventy-six (76) cases of infectious disease occurred on workshop premises, but
only 10 in the families of workers. There were 8 cases on outworkers' premises, 4 occurring in
outworkers' families. The figures for each disease are shown below:—
Scarlet fever 6 (—) Measles 38 (7)
Diphtheria 2 (—) Whooping cough 13 (2)
Puerperal fever 1 (—) Chicken-pox 16 (2)
Note.—The figures in parentheses refer to outworkers premises.
Bakehouses.—At the end of 1912 66 bakehouses were on the Register, 16 ot which were
"level" and 50 "underground." Last year 4 underground bakehouses went out of use and 2
were re-opened. At the end of the year there were 64 bakehouses on the Register, 16 "level"
and 48 "underground," including 13 factory bakehouses (5 "level" and 8 "underground").
Forty (40) inspections were made during the year of the factory bakehouses, and 317 of the
workshop.
HOUSING.
Housing of the Working Classes Acts.
The following premises were specially inspected for the purposes of these Acts, viz.:—
Brook Mews North, No. 7.
Chippenham Mews, Nos. 22, 24, 26, 30, 31, 33, 50 and 54.
Cirencester Street, Nos. 21, 23, 25, 27 and 33.
Desborough Street, Nos. 1 and 8.
Gloucester Mews East, No. 68.
Shirland Mews, No. 3.
In one sense 161 other houses of which detailed inspections were made for various
reasons during the year could be counted as inspected for the purposes of these Acts, but the
houses named above were specially reported upon with a view to action (Closing Order, etc.)
being taken. Except as to be now set out, the defects found in the above 18 houses were
remediable, and were dealt with, under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. Notices under
Section 15 of the Act of 1909 were served with respect to:—
Cirencester Street, Nos. 21, 23, 25, 27 and 33, and
Amberley Road, No. 23.
Closing Orders were made by the Council under Section 17 of the Act with respect to:—
Desborough Street, No. 1, on January 7th,
Rodborough Mews, No. 11, on February 8th, and
Bishop's Mews, No. 16, on March 18th.
A Demolition Order was made with respect to the first house on July 29th and the
premises were demolished by the owner. As regards the other two houses the necessary works
of repair were carried out and the Closing Orders were determined on July 29th (Rodborough
Mews) and February 3rd, 1914 (Bishop's Mews).
No. 17, Desborough Street, with respect to which a Demolition Order was made in 1912,
and upheld by the Local Government Board on appeal, was demolished during the course of the
year* as also were St. John's Mews, Ledbury Road, and Nos. 2 and 3 Carlton Mews, Maida Vale.
Cirencester Street Improvement Scheme.—The properties included in the Order of the Local
Government Board approving this Scheme were acquired during the year without resort to
compulsory powers of purchase, and the Council obtained possession at Christmas last. The
premises were pulled down in the early months of the present year.
Underground Rooms.—The draft regulations prepared under Section 17 (7) of the Act of 1909
were received from the Local Government Board in January of last year, referred to the Public
Health (General) Sub-Committee, and further discussed in conference with the Officers of the
Local Government Board. A finally amended draft was received from the Board in
October and adopted by the Public Health Committee. The regulations came before the
Council in the course of that month, but the discussion thereof was adjourned for a period of
three months.†
* A writ for trespass and damages has been issued against the Council by the owner of the premises.
† The regulations were adopted by the Council on February 26th of this year and confirmed by the Board on
May 4th.