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served on all landlords whether resident or non-resident before
proceedings are taken for overcrowding and certain other
offences; the Council on the other hand, while consenting to a
notice being given to non-resident landlords, holds that such a
step would defeat the object of the Bye-laws in the case of
resident landlords.
The Bye-laws at present in force are inapplicable to Eltham.
They only affect tenants and landlords, and it has been held
that owners are not landlords except when they receive the
rent themselves from each tenant.
Common Lodging Houses.
35. There are now 24 common lodging houses licensed and
inspected by the County Council. Four were closed during
the year, and the licenses of four others have been withheld
pending compliance with certain improvements.
There has been considerable reduction in the numbers of
occupants allowed in each house, and a rule is now made not
to allow beds to be let to single men and single women in the
same house.
Underground Rooms.
36. Six underground rooms separately occupied were dealt
with; three were closed, viz., at 12, Lower Pellipar Road;
177, Powis Street; and 12, Kidd Street; at three the rooms
ceased to be occupied as sleeping rooms.
Factories and Workshops.
37. There were at the close of the year 226 workshops and
workplaces on the register. 334 inspections were made of
these, and 55 written notices were served and complied with.
A full summary of the work done is given in Table XV. C.