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the working classes, and suggesting the desirability of remaking
any by-laws which had been made under Section 94 of the Act
of 1891, before the Act of 1909 came into force.
The desirability of remaking such by-laws had arisen out of
of a decision of the Divisional Court, that the owner of a lodginghouse
had no power to enter it to carry out work imposed by these
by-laws in the absence of any agreement with the tenant. A clause
in the Housing and Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909, that he (the
owner) should have power of entry was intended to supersede the
decision. The Act is not retrospective and the by-laws now in force
in the Borough do not give the owner that power. It is therefore
necessary that the by-laws should be re-enacted in order to give
the owner that power of entry.
The Council agreed to remake the by-laws in existence with the
slight modification of leaving out the rental limit; so that any
house intended for the working classes which is let in lodgings or
occupied by members of more than 1 family, may be registered
if the Council so decide. The remade by-laws were allowed by the
Local Government Board on the September 4th, 1912. A copy of
the by-laws will be found in the appendix to this report.
The total number of houses on the register at the end of 1912,
was 501. All of the occupied houses registered as let in lodgings
were inspected during 1912. The following sets out in detail the
result of the inspections made, etc.:—