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tion, and 267 notices to furnish information
were issued. For the purposes of registration 1,836
rooms were measured up and their cubic contents
calculated. Between February and the beginning
of December (i.e., during 9 months) 210 houses
were formally placed on the Register, particulars
of 17 other houses being also complete for registration,
the final act being delayed pending a reconsideration
of one of the Bye-laws. At the end
of the year the register contained 406 houses.
Practically all the houses in Clarendon, Cirencester,
Woodchester, and Desboro' Streets have been
registered, and a very large amount of work done
there to bring the houses up to the comparatively
low standard of the Bye-laws. The closet accommodation
has been very nearly doubled, and a useful
amount of white-washing and cleansing carried out.
The question of the limit rentals prescribed by
Bye-law 2—viz., 5s. per room for unfurnished tenements,
and 7s. 6d. for furnished—was brought
before the Vestry during the year and referred to the
Sanitary Committee. The Medical Officer of Health
was instructed to address enquiries to the other
Metropolitan Authorities as to the limits prescribed
by them and a full return was drawn up and presented
to the Vestry on November 21st. It
appeared that the local Bye-laws were singular in
fixing a limit per room, such other Bye-laws as