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(b) A rental limit is likely to be a source of difficulty in cases where .some of the
rents paid by lodgers are above and others in the same house are below such limit. In
such cases the house would be only partly registrable, a condition of things to be avoided
for administrative purposes.
As an alternative to a rent limit exemption clause the Borough Council suggested
that the exemption clause in the Shoreditch Bylaws should read as follows:—“Where
the landlord resides in a lodging-house which is in the opinion of the Sanitary Authority
kept in a satisfactory sanitary condition such lodging-house shall be exempt from
the operation of the bylaws.”
At the time of writing the matter is under the consideration of the Local Government
Board.*
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACTS.
No applications were received for certificates under the above Acts as to the sanitary
fitness of dwellings for the purpose of obtaining exemption from inhabited house duty.
SMOKE NUISANCE.
The shafts and chimneys, other than those of dwelling houses, were kept under
observation by the Sanitary Inspectors with a view to preventing the emission of black
smoke. Some 16 complaints were received from the London County Council in
respect to five premises, 5 complaints from the Coal Smoke Abatement Society in respect
to five premises and from other sources complaints respecting three premises. In all
cases the complaints were brought under the notice of the persons responsible and the
necessary steps were taken to secure the abatement of the nuisances. In one instance
it was necessary to bring the facts of the case especially under the notice of the Health
Committee with a view to legal proceedings. It was not necessary, however, to1 take
the case before a Magistrate.
SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.
The slaughter-houses registered in the Borough at the end of the year numberd 13,
being one less than in 1903. They are mostly used for the slaughtering of sheep. Few
oxen are now killed in Shoreditch, nearly all the beef eaten in the Borough is killed elsewhere.
The licence of the slaughter-house situate at No. 60, Shepherdess Walk was
allowed to lapse.
The slaughter-houses were subject to periodical inspection throughout the year and
the general condition in which they were kept from a sanitary point of view was
satisfactory.
As the result of a conference with the Local Government Board early in the current year it was
agreed to leave the existing exemption clause as it is.