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Health of the District during the month of January
The absence of long-contiuued frost and cold wet
weather has exercised a favourable influence on the death
and sickness rate.
The infectious diseases notified as shown by the curve
facing page 6 are far below the average. These combined
causes sufficiently account for the fact that January of 1905
has been, in respect of both fatal and infectious maladies,
quite exceptional.
Prosecutions under the Public Health Act.
The Central Electric Supply Company was summoned
for permitting black smoke to issue from the chimney shaft
in Lodge Place. The summons was returnable for January
13th, but was not heard until January 27 th. A prohibition
order was granted and a penalty of £10.
The owner of 65 Mortimer Street was summoned for
neglecting to obey a notice to re-drain. The Magistrate
granted an order for the work to be done within 21 days,
and costs.
The owner of 52, North Street, Edgware Road, was
summoned for a similar offence, and a similar order was
obtained.
Housing of the Working Classes.
The Artisans Dwellings, erected by Lord Portman on
the site of Nightingale Street, are about to be opened for
occupation.
The Dwellings consist of 9 blocks, lettered from A to J,
each block containing from 15 to 20 tenements, the total
number of tenements being 165.
The character of the tenements is as follows:—40 oneroom
tenements, 100 two-roomed tenements, and 25 threeroomed
tenements. The average size of the one-roomed