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(2) If after the appointed day (i.e., 1st January, 1938) he is
informed in writing by the Council that his tenant is committing
an overcrowding offence, he must take steps to put an end to the
offence, even if it means his going to court to obtain possession.
(3) He must when letting rooms after the appointed day enquire
the number, sex and age of the intending occupiers, and must not
let the rooms to a family in which the number of persons is greater
than the permitted number.
(4) He must within seven days inform the Council if any part
of his premises becomes overcrowded after the appointed day.
Failure on the part of the landlord to fulfil these requirements will
render him liable to a penalty.
The permitted number or numbers of persons in relation to your
premises are forwarded with this notice, and you are warned that your
premises may be visited from time to time in order to ascertain whether
these requirements are being carried out.
Any further information regarding overcrowding can be obtained
free on application to me at the under-mentioned premises.
W. STOTT,
Medical Officer of Health.
Southwakk Health Services Department,
Walworth Road, S.E.17.
This leaflet together with the permitted numbers of persons will,
eventually, be in the hands of every landlord of this type in the Borough.
The tenancies in this district change very rapidly and in older
that the correct permitted numbers may be given, the Enquiry Officer
is carrying out a re-enumeration of those premises occupied by more
than one family, and the explanatory leaflet and the permitted numbers
are sent to the landlord immediately after the Enquiry Officer's visit.
So far, over 1,200 landlords have received this leaflet.
During the year 208 new cases of overcrowding were registered; the
causes of the overcrowding being as follows:—
169 due to children attaining the ages of one year or ten years;
of which 152 were scheduled as review cases, 5 due to children born
after the 1937 Survey to persons who were occupying the same