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as already stated, the by-laws last referred to will probably be shortly superseded. The regulations
of Chelsea, which were made as long ago as 1868 under the Sanitary Act of 1866, contain
a provision that "whenever the vestry may deem it expedient to put these regulations into operation
in respect to any house . . . they shall give notice in writing to the owner thereof . ."
No use has been made of these by-laws in Chelsea for some years.
In six codes of by-laws there is no exemption clause. In three of the six (Bermondsey, Deptford
and Stepney) the by-laws have been recently confirmed. As regards the other three, in Holborn
the by-laws in force are those of the former districts of Holborn and St. Giles (now combined to form
Holborn), which were confirmed in 1885 and 1887 respectively (these by-laws contain provisions as to
registration, specifying that the landlord of a house which it is proposed to register shall supply certain
particulars upon being required to do so by the Board of Works by a notice in writing signed by the
clerk to the Board of Works); in Marylebone by-laws confirmed in 1890 are in force: they contain a
similar provision to that just referred to ; in Kensington by-laws confirmed in 1885 are still in force,
and the desirability of replacing them by new by-laws has for some time past been under consideration
Shirley F. Murphy,
Medical Officer of Health.
Public Health Department,
8, St. Martin's-place, W.C.,
January, 1903.