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In the case of infringement, notice was sent to the owner of the boat requiring
him to remedy the cause of complaint, and to forward to this Borough within fC
sjDecified period a certificate signed by some duly appointed Inspector of Canal
Boats that the same had been done, and such certificate was afterwards received.
No case of infectious disease occurred, and no boat was detained for cleansing.
The number of boats on the Register on the 31st December, 1903, was 69.
One boat was registered in 1903.
Houses Let in Lodgings.
There were at the end of the year 2,649 houses registered as houses let in
lodgings. Two special inspectors devote their whole time to the administration of
the bye-laws that apply to these houses. All other Inspectors, except the four
Inspectors in the St. George's District, have nothing to do with registered houses. In
St. George's the districts are so small and compact that here it was thought advisable
to allow the registered houses to be under the supervision of the respective
Inspectors.
The two special Inspectors made 8,802 visits during the year, and served 2,096
notices for the abatement of nuisances.
Overcrowding was abated in 613 tenements.
Two appeal cases were decided in the High Court. In the first the Council
were successful, but in the second they were unsuccessful.
As both cases are important, I give below a fairly full account of the proceedings
in both, and more especially of the second.
(1) FILER'S CASE.
This case was tried at the Thames Police Court. The defendant did not, as
landlord of No. 26, Eastfield Street, supply the information necessary for the
registration of such house, according to the bye-laws. He was fined Is. and 23s.
costs.
The premises were a two-storied dwelling-house having the first floor and ground
floor let separately to two families, each with separate sanitary arrangements. There
was a common passage from the front door to the foot of the staircase, which was used