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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Tabular Statement showing whether By-laws and Regulations have been made by the several sanitary authorities under the sections of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, which confer obligatory or permissive powers for this purpose; or whether regulations dealing with the same subject had been made before 1891 under preceding acts.
| Sanitary District. | By-laws which Authority "shall" make. | Provision as to cubic air space. | Number of houses on register regulated at the present time. | By-laws which Authority "may" make. | Regulations which Authority may make. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 (1.) Various nuisances. | 39 (2.) Supply of water to water closets. | 50. Cleansing of cisterns. | 94. Houses let in lodgings. | 451 (a.) Conduct of persons using Public sanitary conveniences. | 66. Removal to hospital. | 88. Mortuaries. | 95. Tents and vans. | 90. Management of post mortem rooms. | 45 1 (a.) Management of public sanitary conveniences. | |||||
| Cubic feet for each person when room is used exclusively as a sleeping apartment. | Cubic feet for each person in a sleeping apartment which is not used exclusively for that purpose. | |||||||||||||
| Kensington | Yes | Yes | Yes | 300 | 400 | Two children under 12 count as one adult | 1800 | Have regulations | Have regulations | |||||
| Hammersmith | 300 | 400 | 0 | Have regulations | ||||||||||
| Fulham | 1695 | 300 | 400 | Half these amounts for children of an age not exceeding 10 years | 0 | Have regulations | Have regulations | |||||||
| Paddington | 1894 | 300 | 400 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chelsea | 300 | 350 | Two children under 10 count as one adult | 0 | Have regulations | |||||||||
| St. George, Hanover-square | 1894 | 300 | 400 | Half these amounts for children of an age not exceeding 10 years | 73 | Have regulations | ||||||||
| Westminster | 1893 | 300 | 400 | 950 | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| St. James | 1895 | 300 | 400 | Two children under 12 count as one adult | 29 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Marylebone | 11 | 300 | 400 | No special mention of children | 931 | Have regulations | ||||||||
| Hampstead | Yes | Yes | Yes | 300 | 400 | Two children under 12 count as one adult | 1107 | Have regulations | Have regulations | |||||
| St. Pancras | 1893 | 300 | 400 | No special mention of children | 166 | Yes | Yes | |||||||
| Islington | 1894 | 300 | 400 | Half these amounts for children of an age not exceeding 10 years | 300 | Yes | ||||||||
| Hackney | 1895 | 300 | 400 | 0 | Have regulations | |||||||||
| Stoke Newington | 1895 | 300 | 400 | ,, ,, | 0 | Yes | ||||||||
| St. Giles | 300 | 400 | Two children under 12 count as one adult | 481 | Have regulations | |||||||||
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 300 | 400 | Half these amounts for children of an age not exceeding 10 years | 180 | Yes | |||||||||
| Strand | 1894 | 300 | 400 | No special mention of children | 86 | Have regulations | Have regulations | Have regulations | ||||||
| Holborn | 300 | 350 | Two children under 12 count as one adult | 35 | Have regulations | |||||||||
| Clerkenwell | 350 cubic ft. per person in a room occupied as a sleeping room whether used exclusively for that purpose or not | Half this for children of an age not exceeding 12 years | 0 | Have regulations | ||||||||||
| St. Luke | 1895 | 300 | 400 | Half these amounts for children of an age not exceeding 10 years | 0 | |||||||||
| **London, City of | ||||||||||||||
. e e 8?ven ?a ^at °f regulations made under the Act of 1866, by-laws under the Act of 1891 have been framed, but have not yet been confirmed by the Local Government Board.
to ^ate £*ven *8 regulations made under the Act of 1866, it does not appear that there is any present intention of replacing these by by-laws under the Act of 1891.
** Regulations have been enforced, and about 1,350 tenement houses in the City are now registered. New by-laws have been framed under the Act of 1891, an£ tfiese are now awaiting confirmation by the Local Government Board.