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Two of these can hardly be considered Common Lodging
Houses as they do not take in casual lodgers, but only
receive men employed at certain nursery gardens in the
neighbourhood, who are boarded as well as lodged and
generally remain for lengthy periods.
BY-LAWS UNDER PUBLIC HEALTH
(LONDON) ACT, 1891.
The By-laws made by the Vestry under Section 94, in
respect of houses let iu lodgings or occupied by members
of more than one family, were amended by the Vestry, the
limits of exemption, viz., 3s. 6d. a week for unfurnished
rooms, and 5s. for furnished rooms, being raised to 6s. and
7s. 6d. respectively.
The amended By-laws were allowed by the Local
Government Board in November, and steps are now being
taken to register houses under them.
UNDERGROUND ROOMS.
25 notices in respect of underground rooms not complying
with the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act,
and found to be separately occupied, were served, and in
one instance, the notice not having been complied with,
proceedings were taken against the owner and the occupier.
OVERCROWDING.
15 houses were certified as being overcrowded, and
notices to abate the overcrowding were served on the
persons responsible for it, and in one instance, the notice
not having been complied with, proceedings were taken and
an abatement order made.
CERTIFICATES UNDER CUSTOMS AND INLAND
REVENUE ACTS, 1890 and 1891.
Certificates for exemption from Inhabited House Duty
in respect of 35 houses were refused.