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persons paying rents of 3/- and under, all the applicants,
except one, occupying single-room tenements.
The work done with reference to tenement
houses has had, so far as a general survey of the
streets on the register is concerned, an excellent
effect, some idea of which can be obtained from
an examination of the figures in the preceding table.
It is not intended that any comparison should be
instituted between the numbers of cases or deaths
recorded in the different streets. Comparison is
limited to the extent to which there has been an
increase or decrease in those numbers in each street.
The figures for North Paddington are added to
show that the great diminution in prevalence of
sickness and death in the registered streets has not
been simply a part of an equal reduction in the
whole district.
House Drainage.—Once again it has to be recorded
that the Bye-laws under Section 202 of the
Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855, a draft of
which was issued by the London County Council in
January 1897, are still awaiting the approval of the
Local Government Board. In the first Session of
Parliament of last year, the London County Council
secured the passing of the Metropolis Management
Acts Amendment (Bye-Laws) Act, 1899, which provides
for the deposit of plans and sections of works