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In another part of the same report is an acknowledgment
of the ready co-operation and help of the Medical Officer of
Health of St. Marylebone, resulting in " most effective work
which was done by joint visits with the lady sanitary inspector
in cases where the jurisdiction of local and central authority
appears to be closely interwoven."
Reviewing the year's work I cannot but remark the absence
of friction which has on the whole characterised it. I have found
employers and owners, with few exceptions, willing to conform
to the regulations imposed upon them
I beg to remain, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
L. MARGUERITE O'KELL,
Sanitary Inspector.
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT.
A report was made during 1901 under the Housing of the
Working Classes Act, Part II., but at the request of the Council
the report was afterwards made under Part I. to the London
County Council. No action as yet has been taken by the London
County Council, but the matter is still under their consideration.
An important conference of local authorities took place at
Spring Gardens in June, 1901, and the writer was one of the
representatives appointed for St. Marylebone. As is too often
the case the members of the conference held such widely
different views that no useful conclusion was arrived at.
The Housing and Improvements Committee recommended
during the year the purchase of what is known as the
John Street Site, an area (see plan) of 9,000 square feet,
a frontage of 107 feet 6 inches, for the sum of .£7,000.
The report was adopted. On this site will be erected artisans'
dwellings. Whether, after payment of the costs of clearing the
site, of architect's fees, of construction and legal expenses, suitable
dwellings constructed to house that class of poorly-paid
labour which demands low rents, the buildings will pay
sufficiently to gradually pay off capital and yield a small interest,
actual experience will shortly prove.
The writer's ideas on the general subject were published in
the June report.