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City of London 1932

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

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65
REGISTERED LODGING HOUSES.
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Sec. 94;
and Housing Act, 1925, Sec. 6.
The Corporation, as the Sanitary Authority in the City, are required under the provisions
of Sec. 94 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and Section 6 of the Housing
Act, 1925, to make and enforce Bye-laws with respect to houses intended or used for occupation
by the working classes and 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 requiring adequate and accessible and, where necessary, separate
provision of closet accommodation, washing accommodation, and
accommodation for the storage, preparation and cooking of food.
For the keeping in repair and adequate lighting of any common staircase.
For the cleansing and redecorating of the premises, and for the paving
of the courts and courtyards.
For the provision of handrails for staircases.
For securing: adequate lighting.

Table: For the taking of precautions in any case of infectious disease. Particulars relating to the registered Lodging-houses in the City now on the Register are given in the accompanying table :—

For the taking of precautions in any case of infectious disease. Particulars relating to the registered Lodging-houses in the City now on the Register are given in the accompanying table :—

District.Number of Houses on Register.Number of Lodgers.Number of Tenements.Average Number of persons per lenement.Cleansing Notices Served.
West352811372.037
Middle—————
East16Ill661.716
Total513922031.953

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These houses are periodically inspected, and in April of each year the owners or tenants
are called upon to carry out a thorough cleansing of them, in accordance with the provisions
of the Bve-laws. This necessitated the service of 53 notices during 1932.

Table: In addition to the foregoing, there are twelve 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 twelve 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 Artizans' Block Dwellings.No. of Tenements.No. of Inhabitants
One Room.Two Rooms.Three Rooms.Four Rooms.Five Rooms or over.
WEST DISTRICT.
Albion Buildings, No. 21, Bartholomew Close....10............23
Albion Buildings, No. 22, Bartholomew Close....10............14
Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Close20................35
Dean Street Blocks, Fetter Lane— Block A....7............22
B331........13
„ C44............16
„ D61....l....13
„ E611........14
„ F44............16
St. Ann's Chambers, Ludgate Hill313....l....30
Bloomfield House, Snow Hill17....2....55
Total (Six " Blocks ")46704....235
MIDDLE DISTRICT. Bridgewater House, Fann Street....9........116
City Buildings, Moor Lane12010....174
Total (Two " Blocks ")12910....290
EAST DISTRICT.
Harrow Place and Stoney Lane—
North Block528........166
South ,,52213........113
Prince's „550........138
Queen's ,,5405........123
King's81816........108
Barker's Buildings, Catherine Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate56....l....28
Bearsted House, Hutchison Street........816....98
Dutton House, New Street........132165
Total (Four " Blocks ")2818863191839

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These twelve blocks contain 463 tenements, and are inhabited by 1,164 persons—an
average of 2.5 persons to each tenement.