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With respect to the actual prevalence of "sub-letting"
according to the Census for 1911, there were in Finchley
7,186 dwelling houses and flats (excluding shops, hotels, institutions
and other buildings used as dwellings) and of these
there were approximately 1,212 or 16.86 per cent, occupied
by more than one family. In this connection I have examined
my records of house-to-house surveys in respect of some 500
houses and I find that the number in which one or more
rooms were sub-let was 229 ot 45.8 per cent.
Overcrowding in Dwelling-Houses.
The number of houses found to be overcrowded during
the year was 27.
It is not easy to obtain accurate information respecting
the number of occupants of dwellings, as many tenants are
averse to giving these particulars when it may result in them
being compelled by the lccal authority to remove from the
premises. For this reason many cases of overcrowding, doubtless,
escape detection by the inspectors.
To obtain the necessary air space required occupiers of
dwellings frequently resort to the permanent occupation of
kitchens and sitting rooms as bedrooms.
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
The Factories, Workshops or Workplaces on the Regis:or
number 244. The provisions of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, which your Council has to administer chiefly relate
to the following matters:—
(1) (a) Cleanliness.
(b) Air Space.
(c) Ventilation.
(d) Drainage.
(e) Provision of Sanitary Conveniences for both sexes.
(2) The provision of means of escape in case of fire in
Factories and Workshops in which more than 40
persons are employed.
(3) Sanitary regulations for bakehouses.
(4) Homework.