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To which the following reply was ordered to be sent—
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
17th July, 1895.
By-Laws re Houses Let in Lodgings.
In reply to your letter of 25th June last, I am directed to point out to the Board
that the Parish of Rotherhithe is peculiarly situated in respect to this matter, inasmuch
as the Parish contains a very large number of houses occupied by two separate families,
and therefore if such houses are to come within the scope of the By-laws—and the
Vestry are of opinion that they should not—it would be impossible for this Vestry,
without a large addition to the staff of Sanitary Inspectors, to properly carry such By-laws
into effect.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
The Assistant Secretary, (Signed) JAMES J. STOKES,
Local Government Board, Clerk to the Yestry.
Whitehall, S.W.
And on ] 9th October, 1895, a letter was received from the Assistant Secretary to the
Local Government Board, returning the draft By-laws as forwarded by the Vestry to the
Local Government Boar l, showing alterations and additions made therein by the Board for
the Vestry's approval, which were referred to the Sanitary Committee for consideration and
report.
On 19th November, 1895, the Sanitary Committee reported having considered the
amendments of the Local Government Board to the By-laws proposed to be made by the Vestry
under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in respect to houses let in lodgings, when
it was
Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Committee—That By-laws be made by the
Vestry, under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, with respect to houses let in lodgings
or occupied by members of more than one family embracing the amendments of the Local
Government Board, and that the Clerk be and he is hereby instructed to take the necessary
steps to get the same allowed by the Local Government Board in accordance with the Act,
and that the Common Seal of the Vestry be and is hereby ordered to be affixed thereto.