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Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts.—No
applications for certificates under the provisions of the above were received.
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 25.
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 226 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 96. The following
Table No. 34 shows details of the accommodation available in each common lodging
house in the Borough.

Clearance Areas.—The first representation in the present campaign against
unhealthy areas was made by me in 1933, and up to the end of 1938, 71 representations
in all had been made. At the end of 1937 all stages, including demolition, had
been completed in the case of 26 areas. All of these have been reported on in
previous annual reports.