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(b) Tenement Houses.—During the year, 245 inspections and 21 re-inspections
were made for the purpose of measuring tenement or lodging-houses which
it had been decided to register, and at the end of the year 2,192 houses were
upon the register. Of these houses, 2,947 periodical half-yearly inspections
were made, and 5,637 re-inspections after the service of notices. Also of the
219 dwellings entered in the register of Inscribed Dwellings 295 inspections
were made, and 679 re-inspections after the service of notices.
The following is the record relating to registered tenement houses :—
On Register atend of 1904 2,000
Registered during 1905 205
Total 2,205
Ceased to be tenement houses 1905 13
On Register at end of 1905 2,192
(c) Underground Dwellings.—At the end of the year there was on the Register
539 underground rooms which had been illegally occupied as dwellings, and
had been ordered to be closed, and of which 188 inspections had been made, and
101 re-inspections after notices served. Time is allowed to the occupants of
these rooms to find rooms elsewhere, and during the time allowed the illegally
occupied rooms are kept under observation, and the number vacated or otherwise
occupied ascertained and reported. The houses in which these dwellings are
found are added to the register of registered tenement houses.
(d) Common Lodging Houses.—There are 25 Registered Common Lodging
Houses in St. Pancras, and these are supervised by the London County
Council, including the one Salvation Army Shelter in South St. Pancras.
Rowton Houses are not so registered; of these there are in St. Pancras one at
the southern end of King's Cross Road in South St. Pancras, and another at
the northern end of Arlington Road in West St. Pancras.
(e) Canal Boat Dwellings.—During the year 125 visits of inspection were
paid to the 31 wharves on the Regent's Canal.
(f) Working-Class Flats.—A list of the principal of these and the accommodation
provided will be found in the Appendix to this Report.
Goldington Buildings, the working class flats erected by the Borough
Council on the vacant site at the south end of Great College Street, N.W.,
adjoining the Royal Veterinary College, and opposite the Town Hall, were
completed and opened in June, 1904. The area of the site is 15,576 superficial
feet. The area covered by building is 6,949 superficial feet, and the cubic
capacity of the buildings is 405,123 cubic feet. A portion of the site is laid
out as an open court yard, having an area of 8,527 superficial feet. The
building is horse shoe in shape, and has a frontage length of 311½ feet. The
buildings consist of 5 blocks, of which 4 contain 12 dwellings each, and the
remaining block 8 dwellings, making a total of 56 dwellings, with 166 rooms.
The number of persons that can be housed is 332 (which is ten more than
required by the Order). The contract for the building was £17,778 l1s. 5d.,
the cost per room £107 2s., and the cost per cubic foot 10½d. The domestic