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August 3rd, 1899, decided to distribute it, free of cost, to all
Medical Practitioners practising in Lambeth for the treatment of
their Lambeth patients. Patients have been treated with antitoxin
with satisfactory results.
(e) Housing of the Working Classes.
On January 18th, 1900, the Vestry adopted a principle laid
down in a report on "Insanitary Areas and Housing of the Working
Classes," brought up by the Sanitary Committee, the principle
being to the effect that, as far as Lambeth is concerned,
condemnation under Part I. of the Housing of the Working
Classes Act is unnecessary, and that better results are obtained
from systematic house-to-house inspections of houses, with the
carrying out of notices served under Part II. of the Housing Act,
or under the Public Health Acts, and that, too, without any displacement
of tenants. In the case of necessary displacement, e.g.,
by extension of business places, or railway companies, a pro rata
amount of suitable accommodation, in or near the neighbourhood,
ought to be insisted upon before any displacement of persons is
allowed; and, further, that when new buildings have been erected
the displaced tenants should have the first refusal of them. In
this connection it may be mentioned that 260 houses have been
condemned by the Vestry under the Housing of the Working
Classes Act, and these have been closed and demolished, or rendered
fit for human habitation; whilst under the Public Health
Acts over 36,000 notices have been served, having reference to
over 50,000 sanitary works of a structural (and permanent), or
non-structural, character. Further, there have been registered
under the Bye-laws for Houses Let in Lodgings over 400 houses,
inhabited by over 4,000 of the working classes, containing over
2,300 rooms. These houses are under constant inspection, and
great improvement is noticed in, their general condition. The
Bye-laws were approved by the Vestry on January 21st, 1897, and
confirmed by the Local Government Board on May nth, 1897.
(f) Combined Drainage.
On the 8th December, 1898, the Vestry adopted a series of important
recommendations on Combined Drainage, which were