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HOUSING, TOWN PLANNING, ETC.,
ACT, 1909
The Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909, was passed
on December 3rd, 1909, and came into immediate operation,
except sub-section 7 of section 17 (relating to underground
rooms), which came into operation on July
1st, 1910. The Act consists of 4 Parts and 6
Schedules, and amends the Housing of the Working
Classes Acts, 1890 to 1903, introducing also new provisions.
as to town planning, appointments and duties of county
medical officers of health, and the establishment of public
health and housing committees of county councils.
Part I. deals with the housing of the working classes,
and is to be read in conjunction with the Housing of the
Working Classes Acts, 1890 to 1903, with which it may be
cited together as the Housing of the Working Classes Acts,
1890 to 1909. It concerns the Borough Council in so far
as Lambeth Borough is concerned, more especially in
sections 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18, dealing with:—
(1) The keeping of houses or parts of houses (at
rents not exceeding £40 per annum) in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation, both at the commencement
of the holding and during the holding, with
certain exceptions (sections 14 and 15);
(2) The extension of the power of making bye-laws
with respect to lodging houses for the working classes
(Section 16);
(3) Closing Orders and Demolition Orders in cases
of houses unfit for human habitation, including certain
underground rooms separately occupied (Sections 17
and 18).
The Borough Council will make Closing Orders as required,
and the powers of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction
in this respect have ceased, whilst there is an appeal to
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