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WATER SUPPLY TO NEW DWELLING HOUSES.
The provisions of Section 48 of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, have, in the past, probably been more honoured
in the breach than in the observance. It is very necessary,
however, that they should be carried out rigorously. Accordingly,
in the middle of the year a notice was inserted in the
local papers drawing attention to the fact that no house which
had been newly erected or pulled down to or below the ground
floor and re-built, could legally be occupied as a dwelling house
until the Sanitary Authority had certified that it had a proper
and sufficient supply of water. Attention was drawn to the
penalty contained in the Act for a breach of these provisions.
A number of certificates have already been granted, and through
the notices which are received by the Department as to drainage
of new buildings, and also through the lists which are kindly
supplied by the District Surveyor, it is hoped that in the future
the proper enforcement of this section will be much facilitated.
WATER SUPPLY TO TENEMENT HOUSES.
A fair number of intimations have been served during the
year, under the London County Council (General Powers) Act,
1907, Sec. 78. All of these received ready compliance, with one
exception, and here it was found necessary to apply for a summons,
but the case did not come on for hearing inasmuch as the water
was provided to the upper storeys of the premises before the
summons was returnable.
Public House Urinals.
Some few years ago a return was prepared showing inter
alia the character of the urinal accommodation at the 215 public
houses in the Borough. No action appearing to have been
taken by the Public Health Department in that matter I deemed
it advisable to have a further inspection made and a schedule of
inquiries was prepared for your District Inspectors under the
following headings :—
I.—General Sanitary Condition
(a) Paving.
(b) Water Supply.
(c) Flushing and Cleansing.
1.—How done ?
2—By whom done ?
3.—How often done ?
(d) Drainage.
(e) Limewashing, Tarring, etc.