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1934] 64
Sinks :
Provided 15
Waste pipe repaired 35
Domestic Water Supply:
Cisterns repaired and cleansed 1
Water supply provided to tenement house 3
Walls and Ceilings of Rooms cleansed and
redecorated 583
Other Improvements :
Staircase and passages repaired, cleansed
and redecorated 150
Floor space ventilated 2
Floors repaired 112
Guttering and rain water pipes repaired 63
Hoofs Repaired 137
Overcrowding abated 17
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping
discontinued 4
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated 841
Rooms Disinfected —
Total Improvements 2359
Total Premises Improyed 533
COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
Another transferred power delegated to the Public Health Committee on the
17th March, 1933, was the registration of common lodging houses, taking over the
duties under the Transfer of Powers (London) Order, 1933, of the registration,
licensing, inspection and regulation of common lodging houses. The Committee
considered the applications and renewed licences in respect of the under-mentioned
premises:—
14 and 16, Barnsbury Street, beds for 51 men.
18, 20 and 22, Barnsbury Street, beds for 78 men.
10 and 12, Campbell Road, beds for 45 men.
13 and 14, Duncan Terrace, beds for 63 women.
155, Englefield Road, beds for 62 men.
87, Essex Road, beds for 52 men.
89, Essex Road, beds for 35 men.
8, Flowers Mews, beds for 30 men.
104 to 106, Georges Road, beds for 34 men.
1, Gordon Place, beds for 4 men.
2, Gordon Place, beds for 4 men.
3, Gordon Place, beds for 8 men.
4, Gordon Place, beds for 8 men.
5, Gordon Place, beds for 8 men.
6, Gordon Place, beds for 6 men.
7, Gordon Place, beds for 6 men.
13, Gordon Place, beds for 9 men.
29, Hornsey Road, beds for 76 men.
47, 49 and 51, Wharfdale Road, beds for 65 women.
The total licences granted was 19; during the year 1933 one was vacated,
leaving 27 on the register. Visits of inspection.—344 visits were paid by male
Inspectors and 52 by women Inspectors, a total of 396 visits.