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At the end of the year 10 houses were in course of erection on the Page Estate,
150 on the Middle Park Estate and 20 on the Timbercroft Lane Estate. The total
number of occupied dwellings on the Council's estates at the end of the year was
3,876.
Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restriction) Acts.—Two
applications for certificates under the provisions of the above were received, but only
one certificate was granted.
Tents and Vans.—By-laws regulating the use of these were made by the
Council in 1903. All tents and vans (which are few in number) were inspected
regularly, and steps were taken to ensure that the by-laws were being observed.
The total number of inspections made was 28.
Houses Let in Lodgings.—No register is now kept of houses let in lodgings,
but as the records of this Department in respect of individual houses are kept on
cards, such houses are kept prominently before the district sanitary inspectors by
means of " signals " on the cards, which serve as reminders to the inspectors that
they are dealing with houses that would formerly have been registered. During
the year, 237 inspections of such houses were made.
Common Lodging Houses.—These are licensed annually by the Borough
Council in accordance with the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
The number of inspections made during the year was 38. The following Table No.
38 shows details of the accommodation available in each common lodging house
in the Borough.