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In three cases notices had to be served on lodgers and tenants
for keeping rabbits, pigeons and dogs, in living rooms, causing
bad smells, and an insanitary state of affairs.
Overcrowding.
The major part of the overcrowding in the Borough, is practically
confined to certain particular areas, and probably caused by
the indifference of landlords, as to the number of people who live in
the houses. These areas receive constant attention, and night
visits are paid from time to time.
In a few of the worst cases notices had to be served, and in
others the nuisance was abated by a re-distribution of the beds.
Many visits are paid to the Italians, and the dangers of overcrowding
are impressed upon the tenants, and their attention
drawn to the exact number of lodgers that may be permitted to
use each room.
Cleansing.
The by-laws are becoming more and more known, and much
cleansing is carried out, without having to serve notices, and in
some areas where the by-laws were enforced for the first time,
groups of houses have been cleansed throughout. The number of
rooms cleansed during the year being 752, and washhouses, areas,
rear walls, W.C.'s, 258, and passages, staircases and landings, 95.