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Certificates of Water Supply.
Certificates of water supply were given in respect of
20 new houses in Sulivan Road.
Water Supplies to Tenement Houses.
An additional water supply to the upper storeys
was provided in 12 tenement houses.
Houses let in Lodgings.
Although the proposed by-laws made under Section
2(S of the Housing and Town Planning Act in respect
of houses let in lodgings or occupied by members of
more than one family, were submitted to the Borough
Council by the London County Council in July last,
they have not yet been confirmed by the Minister of
Health. There is urgent need for suitable by-laws
to enable the poorer class of tenement house to be
kept in decent condition.
Increases of Rent (Restriction) Act, 1920.
Under Section 2 of this Act, a tenant is entitled at
any time, not being less than three months after the
date of an increase of rent permitted by the Act, to
apply to the County Court for an Order suspending such
increase, on the ground that the house is not in all
respects reasonably fit for human habitation, or is
otherwise not in a reasonable state of repair. Before
he can succeed the tenant must satisfy the Court by
the production of a certificate of the sanitary authority
or otherwise that his application is well founded.
Only 10 applications for certificates were received,
which were granted.
Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
The following is a summary of the work of the Inspectors
under the Factory and Workshops Act.