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Thorough and systematic inspections under this heading
have been made during the year at 272 houses, principally in
the following streets:—
Wandle Road, 27—31, and 45—79.
Hotham Road, 2—40, and 1—43a.
Norman Road, 2.—48, and 58—92, and 1—91.
Hartfield Crescent. 2—90, and 1—21.
Cowper Road, 5—53a.
Dryden Road, 1—49, and 2—48.
Careful records of the premises are kept, and should occasion
arise quick and easy reference can be made to the details
of such work by an up.to.date card index system, which has
been adopted in my Department for several years past—a
system which, in my opinion, is invaluable for public health
work.
Common Lodging Houses.—The Common Lodging House
situated in High Street, Merton, has been inspected from
time to time at irregular intervals, and the Bye.laws referring
to such premises enforced.
The periodical cleansing has been carried out without
default, but representations have had to be made to the owner
to keep the sanitary conveniences clean and in proper wonting
condition.
Houses Let in Lodgings.—These Bye.laws are applicable
to houses occupied by members of more than one family,
where the rental is below a certain fixed amount, and have for
their objects:—
The fixing of the number of persons who may occupy a
house or part of a house which is let in lodgings or
occupied by members of more than one family;
The registration of houses so let or occupied;
The inspection of such houses;
The enforcing of the provision of privy accommodation
for such houses, and for promoting cleanliness and
ventilation in such houses;
The cleansing and limewashing at stated times of the
premises, and for the paving of the courts and courtyards
thereof;
The giving of notices and the taking of precautions in
case of any infectious disease.
The number of houses on the register is 67, and during
the year 359 visits of inspection have been made, and a large
number of insanitary conditions remedied, such as the disinfection
and cleansing of verminous rooms, leaking roofs repaired,
yards paved, dust-bins provided, flushing boxes to water
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