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Overcrowding.
Certificates were given under Section 4 (3) (c) of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, respecting five cases of overcrowding, and the
Committee directed that the necessary notices should be served ; 29 cases
of overcrowding were abated upon service of intimations, so that there
were in connection with private houses, 34 of overcrowding abated ; 3 cases
of overcrowding were abated in workrooms (see Miss Tattersall's report,
page 219); 98 cases of overcrowding were also abated in connection with
houses let in lodgings, or occupied by members of more than one family
(see Mr. Johnson's report, pages 220 and 221). Legal proceedings were
instituted in one instance, see page 161.
General.
7,479 communications were received, and 858 complaints (including
119 smoke) as to nuisances were made.
The Public Health and Housing Committee suggested to the Works
Committee that the unpaved portion of footway in Wellington Street, at
the corner of Cobden Street, should be paved. The spot in question was
formerly the forecourt of the adjoining house, but had been open to the
public for a great many years, and the owner had relinquished all rights
thereto.
The Public Health Committee suggested to the Works Committee
that a short length of footway in Highland Street beyond the back line of
pavement should be paved and thrown into the public way. The owner
had relinquished his rights thereto.