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Overcrowding.
Certificates were given under Section 4 (3) (c) of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, respecting three cases of overcrowding, and the
Committee directed that the necessary notices should be served; 41 cases
of overcrowding were abated upon service of intimations, so that there
were in connection with private houses, 44 of overcrowding abated; no
cases of overcrowding were found in workshops (see Miss Tattersall's
report, page 241); 94 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 243). In two instances legal
proceedings were instituted.
General.
8,106 communications were received, and 984 complaints (including
54 smoke) as to nuisances were made.
Increased Sanitary Accommodation at Public Health Offices.
The Public Health and Housing Committee considered the question
of provision of sanitary accommodation for the three Lady Inspectors,
for whom no such convenience existed at the Public Health Offices.
The Borough Surveyor submitted a plan for affording the necessary
accommodation, adjoining the Lady Inspectors' Office.
The Agreement with Viscount Tredegar sanctioning the construction
of lavatory accommodation for the Lady Inspectors at the Public Health
Offices was submitted to the committee. The Council may, on demand,
be required to re-instate the premises to their original state.
Removal of House Refuse—Difficulties, etc.
The Finsbury Borough Council addressed the following letter to the
London County Council, viz.:—
Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury.
The Town Hall,
Rosebery Avenue, E.C.
23rd January, 1912.
Removal of House Refuse.
Sir,
The Council have recently had under consideration the difficulties,
inconvenience and delay frequently experienced in securing
the removal of house refuse, particularly in the case of let-out
premises—and more especially those of the warehouse type—