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B.—PREMISES USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION.
The only premises used for human habitation in respect of which there is a
system of registration are what are called "Houses let in Lodgings" and
"Common Lodging Houses." Rooms underground, if used as sleeping rooms
or for human habitation apart from rooms on the upper floors, though they are
not definitely registered, are required to comply with certain requirements contained
in the Public Health and Housing Acts and special regulations. They are
referred to here for this reason.
Houses Let in Lodgings.—Included under this head are all ordinary tenement
houses in which the rooms or floors are let out separately. To some extent, as a
result of housing shortage, a very large proportion of the houses in the borough
are of course so let, and under by-laws made by the London County Council under
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and Section 6 of the Housing Act, 1925,
all houses suitable for the working classes and occupied by members of more
than one family are subject to registration, and in them there must be compliance
with certain requirements as to sanitation, cleanliness, cleansing, etc.
During the year under review, arrangements were made for compiling a
new register and in connection with this and for purposes of supervision, some
10,833 visits were paid to the 1,055 houses on the old list. The number of notices
served was 1,311, relating to cleansing and other defects. All of these were
complied with without the necessity for further proceedings arising.