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A sanitary inspection of the mews and stable yards of the district was also
carried out during 1891 and the 1st quarter of 1892, for the purpose of ascertaining
the conditions prevailing in this class of dwellings, a record of which will be found
in the Appendix. (Table 9c.)
Registered Tenement Houses.—Dwelling houses not constructed of separate
dwellings, but of which the rooms or groups of rooms, are let to separate occupiers,
are more concisely termed "tenement" houses, than "houses let in lodgings to
members of more than one family." Under the Bye-laws framed in accordance
with sec. 35 of the Sanitary Act, of 1866, 136 houses of this class have been
registered.
Registered Common Lodging Houses, are a class of houses totally distinct from
the above, being true lodging houses of which the sleeping, living, and other rooms
and appurtenances are used in common by the lodgers. Of these houses registered
under the Bye-laws framed by the Chief Commissioner of Police, a list will
be found in the appendix. (List II.)
Collective Dwelling Houses, or Block Dwelling houses, or houses constructed and
let in separate dwellings will also be found in the appendix compiled into a table
with particulars. (List I.)
Movable Dwellings.—Canal boats passing through, or discharging, or loading,
in the district have been from time to time inspected, but no infringement of the
Acts has been found. No caravans, tents, or sheds have been reported to be
occupied as dwellings in St. Pancras.
Underground Dwelling-rooms.—The Public Health (London) Act, 1891, by sec.
96, has extended and amplified the restrictions upon this class of dwellings,
but by sub-section 3 provides such of these additional requirements in the new
Act as involve the structural alteration of the building, may be modified or
dispensed with by the Sanitary Authority, either by general regulations providing
for classes of underground rooms, or in a special case by resolution after consideration
of the fitness of the room, the house accommodation of the district, the sanitary
condition of the inhabitants, and other circumstances. The suggestion of general
regulations providing for various classes of underground rooms, is a valuable
idea, worthy of the consideration of your Vestry and Health Committee.,
Insanitary Dwelling-houses.—The following table is a complete list of the
houses represented as unfit for human habitation and of the action taken thereon,
since the passing of the Housing of the Working Classes Act in August, 1890.
The object of including the latter part of 1390 with 1891, is to make the record
complete since the passing of the new Act. Representations made under the old
Acts were invalidated by the repeal and in some cases fresh representations had
to be made under the new Act.