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disease amongst persons employed in his business, to give notice
thereof to the Medical Officer of Health for the City:
shall be liable for every such offence on a summary conviction to
penalty not exceeding forty shillings.
A number of boroughs have obtained by local acts, powers similar
to those of Liverpool, but the great difficulty has been as regards
registration. Bills containing such a provision were rejected by Committees
of Parliament, apparently for the reason that such registration
would apply to the numerous confectioners, hotels, &c., so that the
London County Council did not seek to have a registration provision
inserted in the proposed Bill.
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS
OR
OCCUPIED BY MEMBERS OF MORE THAN ONE FAMILY.
In July I presented a special report to the Public Health Committee
upon the subject of enforcing the bye-laws for houses let in
lodgings. The Committee were asked to appoint a special inspector,
and it was suggested that the appointment be of a temporary nature
at first, in order to see how matters shaped in respect of the working
of the bye-laws.
In October Mr. Herbert J. Langley was appointed for a period of
twelve months, his duties being to measure up the rooms of houses
on the register and to enter such measurements in the new register,
to serve documents upon the landlords, the inspection of houses
placed under the bye-laws, and to make visits at night time. Mr.
Langley commenced his duties in November, and on page 109
will be found a report as to the work carried out by him to the end
of the year.
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES.
" Unhealthy Area."
I made a " representation " to the London County Council under
part I. section 5 (2) of the Housing of the Working Classes Act,