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The number of dairymen and purveyors of milk on the register for the year was
300, as compared with 304 in 1902. In 24 instances, 4 of which where on account
of rebuilding on the premises, the sale of milk was discontinued, in 47 the shop
changed hands, and there were 16 fresh applications for registration. The premises
upon which milk is sold were kept under observation during the year by the sanitary
inspectors. Generally, the condition in which they were found was satisfactory. In
6 instances warnings were required an account of dirty utensils. In 3 cases
sanitary notices were necessary. In 2 of these the premises were in an insanitary
condition generally: the drains, water-closets, yard-paving, eaves, gutters, roofs and
floors being defective, and in the third case the premises were dirty.
OFFENSIVE BUSINESS.
The premises situate at No. 69, Haggerston Road, upon which tripe is boiled
were under observation during the year. There were no complaints in respect to
them.
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
The following is a list of the houses registered under the bylaws as to houses let
in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family:—
Alfred Terrace, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Barton's Court, Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5
Britannia Street, Nos. 113,114, 115,
116,117, 118, 119, 120 and 121
Clifton Street, Nos. 37, 39 and 49
Earl Street, Nos. 36 and 38
Myrtle Street, Nos. 4, 6, 8, 40 & 40a
Watson's Place, Nos. 1, 3, 6, 13, 14,
15, 16, 21, 27, 28 and 29
Westmoreland Place, No. 70
Wilmer Gardens, Nos. 87 and 89
The number of houses on the register was increased by 42 during the year, the
number now registered being 233. Early in the year the Borough Council received a
communication from the London County Council, enclosing a report from their
Medical Officer of Health, shewing the extent to which bylaws as to houses let in
lodgings were enforced in the districts of the Metropolitan Boroughs. The County
Council in their letter pointed out that although there were, according to the Census
returns of 1901, no fewer than 27,031 tenements in Shoreditch, of which 22,940 were
tenements of less than five rooms, only 190 houses were registered under the bylaws
of the Borough Council, and stated that they attached the greatest importance to the
proper execution of the duties imposed upon sanitary authorities by section 94 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891. The Council expressed the hope that the number
of houses registered and regulated under the bylaws would be largely increased. The
Borough Council in their reply informed the County Council that special instructions
had been given to the sanitary staff with a view to securing the speedy registration of
such houses as required to be brought under the bylaws. At the same time it was
pointed out that the figures as to the number of tenements within the Borough contained
in the Council's letter were misleading in respect to the number of houses