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Overcrowding.
Certificates were given under Section 4 (3) (c) of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, respecting nine cases of overcrowding, and the
Committee directed that the necessary notices should be served; 32 cases
of overcrowding were abated upon service of intimations, so that there
were in connection with private houses, 41 of overcrowding abated; 4 cases
of overcrowding were abated in workrooms (see Miss Tattersall's report,
page 216); 127 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, page 218). Legal proceedings were instituted
in one instance, see page 160.
General.
9,278 communications were received, and 794 complaints (including
102 smoke) as to nuisances were made.
Employment of Registered Plumbers.
The Worshipful Company of Plumbers forwarded a list of registered
Plumbers and asked for the Council's sympathy and assistance in
encouraging, where possible, the preference of employment of Registered
Plumbers on works carried out by the Council, or under its regulations.
The registration of plumbers, after examination, is a guarantee of
efficiency, and in view of the fact that defective plumbing work is usually
detected only when serious results have ensued, the Public Health and
Housing Committee considered the employment of registered plumbers
should be encouraged. The Committee were informed there are no
difficulties in the way of competent plumbers securing registration, and
recommended the Council that registered plumbers only be, as far as
practicable, employed on plumbing work executed for the Council.
Paving of Foot and Carriageways.
Notices were duly served under Section 100 of the Metropolis Local
Management Act, 1855, upon the owners of the property abutting upon
the private portion of Dingle Lane to sufficiently pave and drain the
surface of the highway. The statutory period having elapsed and the
work not having been carried out, the Borough Surveyor did the necessary
work.
The attention of the Public Health and Housing Committee was
called by the Works Committee to the insanitary condition of Peter
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