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Common Lodging Houses.
There are 11 Common Lodging Houses in the Borough,
four in the North of the Borough and seven in the Southern
portion, all of which, with one exception, were originally
constructed and used for other purposes such as private
dwellings or warehouses, and have been adapted more or less
successfully to meet the requirements of the Common Lodging
House Bye-Laws. The accommodation in these houses
amounts to 666 beds.
These Lodging Houses receive frequent visits from the
Sanitary Inspectors.
There are some houses let as tenements which are often
a source of anxiety, as they are not subject to Bye-Laws similar
to a Common Lodging, and it is manifestly impracticable at
present to put into force in this area Section 6 of the Housing
Act, 1925.
Offensive Trades.
There are '29 premises where statutory offensive businesses
are carried on in the Borough. They include : Fat Melters and
Bone Boilers 21; Soap Boilers, 2; Fish Skin Dressers, 1; Gut
Scrapers, 1; Chemical Manure Manufacturers, 1; Fish Waste
Collectors and Fish Meal Manufacturers, 1; Degreasing Bones
and Glue Making Contractors, 1; Tripe Dressers, 1.
These are subject to constant inspection, and may be said
to be carried on with as little nuisance or inconvenience to the
general public as practicable.
As a result of notices served and letters sent the following
improvements have been carried out at offensive trades
factories:—Messrs. Edward Cook and Co., Ltd., Soap Makers,
Cook's Road, have installed an entirely new process for dealing
with the fumes emanating from the fat melting appliances,
consisting of a separate 6in. iron pipe from each pan carried
to a sprinkler condenser; after leaving the condenser the fumes
are conveyed by means of a large pipe to the main boiler flue,
the temperature of which is usually about 350 degrees Far.
Thos. Harris and Sons, Ltd., Soap Makers, Marshgate
Lane, have installed Meldrum furnaces to each boiler (automatically
stoked). At the entrance to the main flue there is also