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venience is afforded for washing, mangling, and ironing, at
a small charge, practically no inconvenience is caused by the
closing of the laundry in the Dwellings. The whole of the
basement has been let as a warehouse at a rental of £50 per
annum.
A copy of the Accounts of the Trust Fund will be found
on pages 150 and 151.
REGISTERED HOUSES.
As considerable misapprehension appears to exist with
regard to the effect of registering houses under the Sanitary
Regulations of the Vestry, it may be as well to explain that
the objects of registration are:—
(1) To define the number of persons who may lawfully
occupy a particular room or house.
(2) To secure adequate water-closet accommodation.
(3) To secure a sufficient supply of water.
(4) To ensure the cleanliness of the premises.
Under the Regulations, an occupier is responsible for
keeping in proper condition a water-closet, cistern, washhouse,
yard, &c., which is under his exclusive control, and the
throwing upon the occupier of a burden which rightly
belongs to him is an assistance to an owner troubled with
dirty or destructive tenants.
A house registered under these Regulations does not
become a "Common Lodging House," nor is it in the
slightest degree under police surveillance, nor is it distinguished
by any inscription or mark whatever.
Eight houses have been registered during the year, and
it is intended to extend the registration by degrees until all
the houses in the Parish to which the Regulations apply have
been registered.