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not sufficient for the needs of the town. There is still urgent need for
additional accommodation in the neighbourhood of Old Town,
though the Committee have not yet seen their way to make the
necessary provision, and private enterprise shows no signs of doing so.
During the year common lodging houses received 446 visits and
18 night visits.
Minor infringements of bye-laws were detected on 10 occasions,
but in no case were they sufficiently serious for legal proceedings to
be taken.
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.—There are now 73 houses
registered under the bye-laws. During the year these houses
received 1801 visits, 81 having been made at midnight. On no
occasion were offences discovered for which prosecutions were
necessary.
At the present moment the following houses are registered as
houses let in lodgings
Houses,
Wilford Road43
Forster Road 12
Princess Road 4
Ely Road 8
Sundry Roads 6
The results of registration and inspection have, on the whole,
been very satisfactory.
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT.—Three houses
were represented under Part II. Sect. 30, as unfit for human
habitation. The six houses in Mercer Place, Gloucester Road, outstanding
at the end of last year, were re-represented, as the outstanding
notices had lapsed. As the result of the notices, all were
voluntarily closed during the year and subsequently demolished.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT. —Section 132 of the Factory
and Workshop Act, 1901, provides :
" Tne Medical Officer of Health of every District Council, shall'
in his Annual Report to them, report specifically on the
administration of this Act in workshops and workplaces,
and he shall send a copy of his Annual Report, or so much
of it as deals with this subject, to the Secretary of State,"