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overpowering." The owner of these houses is a foreign Jew, and the rooms
are occupied by foreign Jews of the lowest class.
Night visits have been made to some workshops, and young persons have
been found at work in them contrary to the Statute.
No. 1, Old Eose Lane, is a house registered under the regulations of the
Board of Works, which, from information received concerning its overcrowded
condition, the Inspector made an inspection of it on Wednesday night, the
23rd February. The report of such inspection is as follows: The house
consists of eight rooms, all of which, with the exception of one, were occupied
by a larger number of persons than is allowed by the regulations.
In room No. 2, which is registered for the occupation of four persons
only, six were found, viz., two men and one woman, who were in bed
together, and three children lying on the floor. In room No. 3, registered
for the occupation of four persons, there were five men, all of whom were
lying on the floor. In room No. 5, registered for the occupation of three,
there were seven persons, viz., three women, one man, and three children.
In room No. 6, registered for the occupation of three, there were six men and
one woman.
In room No. 7, registered for three persons, there were two women and
one man; and in room No. 8, which is also registered for three persons, there
were two men, one woman, and five children. The smell of each room was
most offensive.
From the facts brought to light by the Inspectors, it cannot excite the
least surprise that ill health and consequent pauperism prevails so extensivly
in this District. The Inspectors further report that of the thirty-five houses
which they visited at night, eighteen of them were registered under the
Sanitary Act, and no case of overcrowding or of indecent occupation was
discovered with the exception of those rooms in No. 1, Old Rose Lane,
before mentioned, but all of which on the second visit were found to bo in
accordance with the regulations. Of the seventeen houses which are not
registered, seven cases of indecent occupation and six of overcrowding were
discovered.
Metropolitan Buildings and Management Bill.
A Bill to Consolidate and Amend the Building Acts relating to the
Metropolis; the formation of streets and of sewers and drains in the Metropolis;
and for other purposes relating thereto, has been prepared and brought
in by Sir Wm. Tite, Mr. BENTINCK, and Mr. Bowring, and ordered by
the House of Commons to be printed, 18th March, 1870.
It is proposed by this Bill, which consists of 132 clauses, to repeal 7
& 8 Vict. c. 84, 18 & 19 Vict. c. 120, in part, viz., so much of Section 103
as relates to reports by District Surveyors, 18 & 19 Vict. c. 122, better
known as the Metropolitan Building Act 1855, 23 & 21 Vict. c. 52, 24 & 25