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WATER SUPPLY TO NEW BUILDINGS.
During the year I inspected and gave certificates for the following
premises:—
Great Ormond Street. Hospital for Sick Children, Nurses' Dormitories.
Laney Buildings, Nos. 1—26, 27—44, 45—62, 63—71.
Kirkeby Buildings, Nos. 1—10, 11—30, 31—45.
Nigel Buildings, Nos. 28—49, 50—71.
High Holborn, Nos. 193—196, Municipal Offices.
Buckridge Buildings, Nos. 1—10, 11—30, 31—40.
Gloucester Street, No. 3.
WATER SUPPLY TO TENEMENT HOUSES.
In accordance with Section 78 of the London Uounty Council (General
Powers) Act, 1907:—
"For the purposes of Section 48 (provision as to houses without proper
water supply) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, a tenement house shall
be deemed to be a house without a proper and sufficient supply of water unless
there shall be provided on the storey or one of the storeys in which the rooms or
lodgings in the separate occupation of each family occupying such house are
situate a sufficient provision for the supply of water for domestic purposes:
"Provided that with respect to any building existing and in use as a tenement
house at the passing of this Act this section shall not come into operation until the
1st day of January, 1908."
In accordance with the above 403 notices were served for the provision of
additional water supply in tenement houses, and in the majority of cases the work
required was completed during the year. In eases where the lease of the premises
expired within twelve months the notices were allowed to stand over.
BY—LAWS AS TO HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
At the end of the year, 681 houses were registered under these By—laws,
of these, 361 are in St. Giles and Bloomsbury, and 320 in the Holborn District.
During the year, there were 1,436 inspections of these premises, excluding a
very large number of periodical inspections and re—inspections. 17 notices were
served for 24 overcrowded rooms, and 229 notices for other breaches of the
By—laws, exclusive of 675 notices that were served for annual cleansing as
required by the By—laws.