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Islington.—By-laws were confirmed in 1894, and their use is being gradually extended. A
special inspector is employed to carry out the work. It is obvious, however, that one inspector cannot
deal with any considerable proportion of the tenement houses in this large district.
Hackney.—Regulations under the Sanitary Act of 1866 were formerly enforced. The register
has not, however, been kept up to date. By-laws under the Act of 1891 were confirmed in 18 95, and
the question of appointing inspectors to put them in operation is under the consideration of the vestry.
Stoke Newington.—By-laws were confirmed in 1895, but no houses have yet been registered.
St. Giles.—Regulations were confirmed in 1887, and have been continuously employed since
that date. They have been found very useful. There are at the present time 476 houses on the register.
There is no present intention of replacing the regulations by new by-laws made under the Act of 1891.
St. Martin-in-the-Fields.—In this district regulations were confirmed in 1884, and a number of
houses have been registered and periodically inspected. About 180 houses are on the register at the
present time.
Strand.—By-laws were confirmed in 1894, and are being put in use with the most satisfactory
results. At the end of April last 86 tenements had been dealt with, and a special inspector was engaged
in making periodical inspections.
Holborn.—Regulations were confirmed in 1885, and 35 houses are entered on the register. Very
little use appears to be marie of the existing regulations.
Clerkenwell.—Regulations were confirmed in 1887. There are no houses at present on the
register. The question of framing by-laws under the Act of 1891 is under the consideration of the vestry.
St. Luke.—By-laws were confirmed in 1895. There are no houses at present on the register.
Shoreditch.—By-laws were confirmed in 1894, and 38 houses have been put upon the register.
There appears to be need for largely extending the operation of the by-laws in this district.
Bethnal-green.—By-laws were confimed in 1895. There are no houses at present on the register.
Whitechapel.—By-laws were confirmed in 1893. There are at the present time 25 houses on
the register. The application of the by-laws has been limited in the first instance to " furnished
rooms." Houses in which rooms are let out in this manner are not placed upon the register until they
have been put into a satisfactory sanitary condition.
St. George-in-the-East.—By-laws were confirmed in 1895, and but little use has as yet been
made of them.
Limehouse.—By-laws were confirmed in 1893, and their use is being slowly extended.
Mile End Old Town.—About 174 houses are on the register. With the existing staff it does not
appear to be possible to make any considerable use of the by-laws.
Poplar.—New by-laws have recently been confirmed. No houses have as yet been registered.
St. Saviour, Soidhwark.—By-laws were confirmed in 1894; no houses, however, have as yet
been registered.
St. George-the-Martyr.—By-laws were confirmed in 1894, and have been found useful, but it
will be necessary to strengthen the existing staff of inspectors in order to thoroughly enforce the
by-laws, and this question is now under the consideration of the vestry.
Newington.—Regulations were confirmed in 1890. No houses are at present on the register.
By-laws, under the Act of 1891, have recently been framed by the vestry and sent to the Local
Government Board for confirmation.
Bermondsey.—About 300 houses are on the register, and the by-laws are found to be very useful,
especially in dealing with dirty conditions and overcrowding. Prior to the confirmation of the existing
by-laws, regulations had been in operation in Bermondsey for a number of years.
Rotherhithe.—Regulations were confirmed in 1867. They are not, however, being enforced at
the present time. The question of framing new by-laws under the Act of 1891 is being considered by
the vestry.
Lambeth.—A few houses were registered under the old regulations. New by-laws have now
been submitted to the Local Government Board for approval.
Battersea.— In this district all the houses, 8,046 in number, in which more than one family
resides, are entered in the register. The by-laws are not, however, made use of in the manner in which
they have been employed in other London districts, inasmuch as proceedings are not taken for breach of
by-law but under the general provisions of the Public Health Act. No difficulty has hitherto been
experienced in obtaining a conviction under these provisions in respect of dirty condition of rooms, and
as regards overcrowding it is said to be always abated upon service of a notice.
Wandsworth.—In Clapham parish only a few houses have been entered in the register, and the
by-laws have been of use in enforcing cleanliness.
Camberwell.—By-laws were confirmed in 1895, and a few houses are on the register. There
appears to be considerable scope for the extension of their use in this district.
Greenwich.—Regulations were confirmed in 1884, and nine houses are registered in Greenwich
parish, but there are no houses on the register in Deptford parish. The question of making new
by-laws is under consideration.
Lewisham.—New by-laws were confirmed by the Local Government Board in 1895, and a few
houses in Arpley-road, Penge, have been registered.
Woolwich.—New by-laws have recently been confirmed, and notices have been served for the
registration of a few houses.
Plumstead.—By-laws were confirmed in 1894. At first very few houses were dealt with, but
rather more use has been made of the by-laws lately.
Lee.—New by-laws were confirmed in 1895.
W. H. Hamer,
Public Health Department, Assistant Medical Officer of Health.
Spring Gardens, S.W.
25th June, 1896.