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REGISTERED LODGING-HOUSES.
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Sec. 94.
The Corporation, as the Sanitary Authority in the City, are required, under the
provisions of Sec. 94 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, to make and enforce
Bye-laws applying to houses let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one
family for the following purposes:—
For regulating the number of persons and separation of the sexes.
For the registration and inspection of such houses.
For enforcing drainage, and promoting cleanliness and ventilation.
For the cleansing and limewashing of the premises at stated times.
For the taking of precautions in any case of infectious disease.
The Bye-laws now in force in the City for this class of property were made by the
Court of Common Council on 24th November, 1904, and confirmed by the Local
Government Board on the 20th January, 1905.
Unfurnished lodgings, when the rent is not less than 10s. a week, and furnished
lodgings when the rent is not less than 12s. 6d. a week, are exempt from the
operations of the Bye-laws.
Particulars relating to the registered Lodging-houses in the City now on the
Register are given in the accompanying table, together with the corresponding figures
for 1900:—
Registered Lodging-houses.
District.
No. of
Houses on
Register.
No. of
Lodgers.
No. of
Tenements.
Average
No. of
Persons per
Tenement.
Cleansing
Notices
Served.
1911.
1900.
1911.
1900.
1911.
1900.
1911.
1900.
1911.
1900.
West
121
183
896
1,502
400
656
2.24
2.29
159
239
Middle
7
55
42
363
21
130
2.0
2.79
7
66
East
119
158
810
1,186
341
488
2.37
2.43
139
176
Total
247
396
1,748
3,051
762
1,274
2.2
2.39
305
481
These are periodically inspected, and in April of each year their owners are called
upon to undertake a thorough cleansing of them, in accordance with the provisions of
the Bye-laws. This necessitated the service of a total of 305 Notices during 1911.