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Bye-law 17 of the Bye-laws made by the London County Council with respect to lodg-ing-houses
(i.e., houses intended or used for occupation by tho working-classes and let in lodgings or occupied
by members of more than one family), requires every owner of a lodging-house to provide and
maintain for the use of each family by whom any part of the house is occupied, and so far as is
practicable on the storey or one of the storeys in which are situate the rooms or lodgings in the
separate occupation of the family—
(а) Water-closet accommodation;
(б) Accommodation for the washing of clothes;
(c) Accommodation for the storage of food in a reasonably cool position with proper
ventilation from the external air wherever practicable, and with protection from dust
and flies;
(d) Accommodation for the preparation and cooking of food;
and, where reasonably necessary, and so far as practicable, the owner shall provide separate accommodation
as specified in (a), (6), (c) and (d) for each such family.
For the present, however, this Bye-law is applicable only to a house which is decontrolled
throughout.
During the year steps continued to be taken to enforce the Bye-law in the case of every decontrolled
tenement house which came under the notice of the sanitary inspectors in the ordinary
course of their duties, and special attention was devoted to certain areas. Notices were served
with respect to 135 premises, the notices being complied with in 120 instances either by the
provision of the necessary accommodation or by re-arrangement of the tenancies, and 14 cases were
outstanding at the end of the year. In addition to the action thus taken, wherever there appeared
to be any likelihood of an empty house being re-let in separate tenements to persons of the working
classes, a letter was sent to the owner calling attention to the Bye-law.
Overcrowding.—During the year 4 cases of overcrowding were discovered. In one instanoe the
overcrowding was abated by the removal of the family, and in another instance by the re-arrangement
of the occupants of the rooms. The remaining 2 cases will be dealt with during 1936.
Annual Cleansing.—Six hundred and forty-four (644) registered tenement houses were inspected
during the year, and notices were served for the oleansing and other work found to be necessary.
Common Lodging Houses.—There are 2 common lodging houses in Kilburn Lane and 1 (Cecil
House) in Harrow Road. The number of beds for which each is licensed is as follows:—
268 and 270, Kilburn Lane, 60 beds for men.
272, 274 and 276, Kilburn Lane, 105 beds for men.
Cecil House, 179, Harrow Road, 69 beds for women and ohildren.
During the year 53 inspection (including 18 night inspections) were made by the two Sanitary
Inspectors responsible for the supervision of these houses.
Two cases of notifiable illness and three deaths occurred among the occupants.
Housing Act: Rent Books.—One report was received as to a rent book not containing the required
particulars. A cautionary letter was sent to the owner.
Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts, 1920-1933.
Seven applications for certificates were made, all of which were granted. In one case a certificate
was subsequently issued to the owner of the premises, under Section 5 (2) of the 1923 Act,
on the completion of the necessary repairs.