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HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
The new bye-laws as to houses let in lodgings which changed
the minimum permissible cubic space from 350 cubic feet per head
to 400 cubic feet in rooms day and night, were enforced during the
year. At the beginning of the year 1900 there were 169 houses on
the register. During 1899 the number of houses placed for the
first time on the register was 40. The summonses which were
issued to owners of registered houses for not complying with the
bye-laws numbered 17.
Steady but continued progress should be made with the work of
placing suitable houses on this register as it is one of the most
satisfactory and reliable ways of maintaining a good standard of
sanitation in such houses.
All over the district the question of overcrowding has not been
lost sight of. A common standard of 400 cubic feet per head (two
children under 12 counting as one adult) has been adopted.
Reform in a matter like overcrowding is, and must be, slow and
delicate work. The lack of accommodation for the displaced is,
of course, the chief difficulty.
WORKSHOPS.
In 1897 after the London County Council inspection, carried out
by Dr. Young, a register was established containing a complete
list of the workshops in the district. The facts which this register
contain refer to the address, name of occupier, trade or business,
position, cubic space, number of gas burners, number of occupants
allowed in each workshop, and the details of ventilation and
sanitary convenience. During the year 91 workshops were
inspected and placed upon this register. The total number on the
register at the end of 1899 was 220.
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT,
The chief work under this Act in 1899 was in connection with
the insanitary area known as the Aylesbury Place Scheme. 1 he
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