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City of London 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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70
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:—

Table: REGISTERED LODGING-HOUSES.

REGISTERED LODGING-HOUSES.

District.Number of Houses on Register.Number of Lodgers.Number of Tenements.Average Number of Persons per Tenement.Cleansing Notices Served.
West754802082.391
Middle425171.54
East613161552.081
Total1408213801.9176

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These houses are periodically inspected, and in April of each year the landlords
are called upon to carry out a thorough cleansing of them, in accordance with the
provisions of Bve-laws. This necessitated the service of 176 Notices during 1922.

Table: In addition to the foregoing, there are eleven blocks of Dwellings let out in tenements, but not placed on the Register for the reason that each holding is "self-contained," it having been decided in a Court of Law that in these circumstances they are not subject to the Bye-laws for houses let in lodgings, or occupied by members of more than one family:—

In addition to the foregoing, there are eleven blocks of Dwellings let out in tenements, but not placed on the Register for the reason that each holding is "self-contained," it having been decided in a Court of Law that in these circumstances they are not subject to the Bye-laws for houses let in lodgings, or occupied by members of more than one family:—

Name and situation of Artisans' Block Dwellings.No. of Tenements.No. of Inhabi tants.
One Room.Two Rooms.Three Rooms.Four Rooms.Five Rooms or more.
WEST DISTRICT.
Albion Buildings, No. 21, Bartholomew Close....9............20
Albion Buildings, No. 22, Bartholomew Close....10............20
Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Close143............33
Dean Street Blocks, Fetter Lane—
Block A....6....1....19
,, B42....1....12
„ c42....1....16
„ D62............11
„ E82............22
„ F44............11
St. Ann's Chambers, Ludgate Hill613....1....33
Bloomfield House, Snow Hill....14....3....45
Total (Six "Blocks")4667....7....242
MIDDLE DISTRICT.
Bridgewater House, Fann Street....12............13
City Buildings, Moor Lane....2012........78
Total (Two "Blocks"....3212........91
EAST DISTRICT.
Harrow Alley and Stoney Lane—
North Block....488........217
South „52213........178
Prince's „550............167
Queen's „5405........160
King's81616........158
Barker's Buildings, Catherine Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate11522....42
Total (Two "Blocks")34181442....922

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These ten blocks contain 425 tenements, and are inhabited by 1,255 persons—
an average of 295 persons to each tenement.