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(a) Where for the purposes of any rate for the relief of the poor
the rateable value of the house exceeds £30, and the rent
or charge payable by each lodger, and exclusive of any
charge for the use by such lodger of any furniture, shall
be such that the amount accruing due in any term shall
be at the rate or in the proportion of not less than 6s.
per week:
(b) Where for the purposes of any rate for the relief of the poor
the rateable value of the house exceeds £30, and the rent
or charge payable by each lodger, and inclusive of any
charge for the use by such lodger of any furniture, shall
be such that the amount accruing due in any term shall
be at the rate or in the proportion of not less than 7s. 6d.
per week.
The house to house inspections under these Regulations
arc regularly made throughout the District.
The following Report (by the Clerk) submitted to the
Board in October, 1890, will give full information of their
proceedings under these regulations in that year.
(8th October, 1890.)
"In January last I submitted to you a Report at some length
on the subject of the Bye-laws or Regulations adopted by
your Hoard, under the Sanitary Acts, in respect of Houses
let in Lodgings or occupied by Members of more than
one Family, and the Inspections made thereunder. Since
that date the Inspections for this year, 1890, have been
made, and I am now able to submit to you some particulars
of the general results of the same.
In the first instance new Registers were obtained, as suggested,
from which it appeared that there were 11,293
assessed properties, houses and premises, to be visited—
that is to say, premises rated at £30 and under; but a
considerable number of these were found to be unoccupied
or not used as dwellings. Upon this information your
Board authorised the engagement of three inspectors, one
for each division of the District. Each Inspector was