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£'2 and costs. The firm has subsequently removed from the
district.
An application was received from the Excel Co., Ltd., of
Carpenters Road, Stratford, for permission to include in their
limited powers of bone boiling, the treatment of bones from their
own slaughterhouse in Whitechapel. The application was acceded
to by the Council.
An application, received from Messrs. M. P. Hunt & Co.,
to establish fat melting at soap making works in Marshgate
Lane in proposed new building was granted subject to the
plans and plant being to the satisfaction of the Borough Engineer
and Medical Officer of Health.
Common Lodging Houses.—There are 14 Common Lodging
Houses in the Borough, seven in the Stratford district and 7
in the Tidal Basin district, all of which, with one exception were
originally constructed and used for other purposes such as private
dwellings or warehouses, and have been adapted more or less
successfully to meet the requirements of the Common Lodging
House Bye-Laws. The accommodation in these amount to 964
beds.
Schools.—The Public Elementary Schools consist of 49 Council
Schools and 14 Non-Provided Schools, together with four Council
Special Schools, and two Higher Elementary Schools, affording in the
aggregate accommodation for 69,523 scholars.
The Schools are for the most part modern, substantially built
buildings, adequately supplied with water and provided with sufficient
surrounding air space, while their general cleanliness appears to be
well looked after.
With a view to checking the spread of epidemic disease it has
been the practice for many years past for the Medical Officer of Health