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By-Laws and Regulations.
By-Laws.
It will be remembered that during last year, By-laws were made by the Vestry in
respect to houses let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than two families, instead
of in respect to houses let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family as
required by the Act, as the Vestry felt that so large a number of houses in the Parish being
occupied by two families, the effect of making By-laws as required by the Act, would be to bring
a large number of houses within their scope, which was not only unnecessary, but would
inflict a hardship upon the occupiers thereof, and this was strongly urged upon the Local
Government Board, but the By-laws as submitted to the Local Government Board by the
Vestry, were not confirmed at the close of the last financial year.
On 25th June, 1895, the following letter was received from the Assistant Secretary to
the Local Government Board:—
Local Government Board,
Whitehall, S.W.,
25th Jane, 1895.
Sir,—
I am directed by the Local Government Hoard to advert to the By-laws proposed to
be made by the Yestry of the Parish of Rotherhithe, with respect to houses let in lodgings
or occupied by members of more than two families.
The Board direct me to state that they would not raise any objection to the proposal
of the Yestry to exempt from the operation of the By-laws, houses, the landlords of which
reside therein, and let to one lodger only. But the terms of the By-laws seem to go beyond
this, and to be such as to exempt from registration a house sub-let to two different families
even where there was no resident landlord. The Board will be glad to receive the
observations of the Vestry on this question.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
J. J. Stokes, Esq., (Signed) S. B. PROVIS,
Vestry Clerk ot the Assistant Secretary.
Parish of Rotherhithe.