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lodgings under circumstances and conditions which render it
desirable, in the interest of public health, that they should be
registered and inspected at frequent intervals.
By the end of the year 1912, 207 such premises were on the
Register.
THE HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING ACT, 1909.
During 1912 the houses in Spenser Road, Allen Road, Selsea
Place, Watson Street, Philp Street, St. Thomas Place, Hornsey
Place, and part of Nevill Road were inspected under the
Act. The results of these inspections were reported to
the Public Health and Housing Committee, and all the
facts were duly entered in the Special Register kept.
No action beyond the abatement of such nuisances as
were discovered was necessary in respect to these dwellings;
that is to say, as no house was considered to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation,
no representations had to be made to the local authority
with a view to making Closing Orders, the general character of
the defects found to exist being of a nature remediable under
notices for the abatement of nuisances. No new houses were
erected in the Borough during 1912.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
At the end of the year 1912, 248 factories, workshops and
workplaces were on the Register.
As the result of the inspection of the workrooms and workplaces
in the Borough, it was found that for the most part they
were in a satisfactory condition, and that the requirements of the
Factory and Workshops Act of 1901 were duly observed. There
were 3 cases of overcrowding to be. dealt with, and there were 26