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infected by the contractor at the cost of your Vestry, the owners
being too poor to bear the expense. The weight of the articles
was more than 116 cwts : their number over 2,900, and the cost
of the process £112 12s. 2d. One hundred and four rooms in 83
houses were disinfected with sulphurous acid by your Vestry's
officer, no charge being made in the majority of instances.
Many rooms were disinfected by the contractor, as well as numerous
parcels of clothing, bedding, etc., at the cost of the owners.
REGULATIONS FOR HOUSES LET IN
LODGINGS.
Exercising a power conferred by the Sanitary Law Amendment
Act, 1874, the Local Government Board at the close of
1883, by notice published in the London Gazette, declared the
enactments of Section 35 of the Sanitary Act, 1866, and Section
47 of the Sanitary Law Amendment Act, 1874, to be in force
in all parts of the Metropolis.
The first-named Section empowers a Nuisance Authority to
make Regulations for the following matters, that is to say:—
1.—For fixing the Number of Persons who may occupy a House, or
Part of a House, which is let in Lodgings or occupied by Members
of more than one Family ;
2.—For the Registration of Houses thus let or occupied in Lodgings ;
3.—For the Inspection of such Houses, and the keeping of the same in
a cleanly and wholesome state ;
4.—For enforcing therein the provision of Privy Accommodation and
other appliances and means of cleanliness, in proportion to the
number of Lodgings and Occupiers, and the cleansing and ventilation
of the Common Passages and Staircases ;
5.—For the cleansing and lime-whiting at stated times of such premises.
The Sanitary Law Amendment Act, 1874, enables regulations
made under the above-mentioned section of the Sanitary
Act, 1866, to extend to
Ventilation of rooms,
Paving and drainage of premises,
The separation of the sexes, and
Notices to be given, and precautions to be taken, in case of any
dangerously infectious or contagious disease, under the powers of
this Act. or of the Acts therein mentioned.