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HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
Three houses have been registered during the year.
The owner was called upon to carry out certain sanitary
work in order to improve the conditions in these houses.
There was a complaint of overcrowding, and the Council
called upon the occupier to abate the nuisance and the
owner to register these houses as Houses Let in Lodgings.
Recent inspections have shown that the improved
conditions are maintained.
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES.
No action has been taken under the Housing of the
Working Classes Act, yet the rents paid by the Working
Classes in Harrow bear far too high a proportion to their
wages. Married men with large families have serious
difficulty in finding adequate housing accommodation,
and as our birth-rate is steadily going down, I would
recommend the Council to consider whether it is not
desirable to provide healthy house room at a moderate
cost where there are large families of the Working
Classes. By doing so a great obstacle to maintaining
and increasing the birth-rate would be removed.
SCAVENGING.
A weekly collection of refuse has been carried out
during the year, and only 8 complaints have been made.
A collection of refuse twice a week would greatly conduce
to the public health, especially in the more densely populated
parts of the district. The provision of a refuse
destructor seems desirable in view of the rapid increase
of the population.
FACTORY & WORKSHOP ACTS.
The factories, workshops, workplaces and the outworkers
premises have been periodically inspected and
with the exception of a few minor sanitary defects they
have been found in good condition.
It became necessary to again send out a circular
letter calling attention to the necessity of the outworker's
lists being sent to me in order to obtain complete
returns.