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ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF STRAND DISTRICT
Dust and dung removal:—
Sanitary bins provided 15
Offensive refuse removed from premises 19
Water supply:—
Cisterns repaired and cleansed 49
Re-instatement of water after being cut off by
Water Company 4
Certificates granted under " Public Health
(London) Act," Section 48 3
Under-ground rooms:—
Use prevented as separate dwellings 7
The stables and mews, 42 in number, have been regularly
inspected, more particularly in regard to the periodical removal of
manure.
There are no cowsheds or slaughter-houses in this district.
Smoke Consumption.—Smoke nuisances coming under Subsection
A, of Section 24 of the "Public Health Act," have been
dealt with by your Surveyor; those under Sub-section B, have
had four statutory notices served upon them through the Health
Department. Orders made in regard to chimneys sending forth
smoke so as to be a nuisance, have in each case been complied
with.
Overcrowding.—In my Annual Peport for 1898. I pointed
out that many persons displaced from the Clare Market area were
finding accommodation in adjoining houses which were quite
unsuitable for letting out in tenements, and in my Report for
1899, referring to this matter, I expressed regret that the Council
had not erected buildings on the sites in the vicinity acquired by
them for the purpose of re-housing persons to be displaced.
It is deplorable to have to report that while at least 1,200
persons have now been displaced, no buildings have yet been erected
on the acquired sites, several of which have been lying vacant for a
long period. Certainly, some blocks of buildings have been
erected at Millbank, but I am informed, that none of the persons
displaced from the Strand District have become tenants there.