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living room or kitchen; that there is, generally speaking, a dearth
of any suitable 'provision for coal storage, and it is, therefore,
to be seen collected in all sorts of undesirable places; he finds
that the neglect of coal storage provision in the yard or basement
is due to the fear of the coal being stolen; and that the w.c.
provision in many of these dwellings does not satisfy the demands
either of sanitation or decency. Finally, he was impressed by
the rarity of the occasions on which he saw the lid properly
applied to a dust-bin, and he makes the suggestion that it is
far better to use the square bin with a sloped and hinged lid
attached.
THE HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING ACT, 1909.
During 1914 the houses in Cressington Road, Barn Street,
and Leonard's Place were specially inspected under this Act, and
all the facts were duly entered in the special Register kept. No
action beyond the abatement of such nuisances as were discovered
was called for 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 unfit it for human habitation, no representations
were made to the Local Authority with the view to obtaining
Closing Orders, the general character of the defects found being
of a nature remediable under notices for the abatement of
nuisances. Certain other streets (Allen Road, Shakespeare Road,
Milton Road, and Spenser Road), and the Courts in Stoke
Newington, which were reported upon in previous years, were
reinspected during the year. No new houses were erected in the
Borough during 1914.
The houses in Hewling Street were also inspected under this
Act, and it was considered by the Committee as to whether the
time had come for dealing with this street in a small Improvement
Scheme. It was decided to postpone any action under the Housing
and Town Planning Act, 1909, until after the end of the war.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
At the end of the year 1914, 284 factories, workshops and
workplaces were on the Register.