[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District].

  • St. Giles (London, England). District Council.
Date:
[1895]
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    20 Visits and inspections made 11,209 Notices for abatement of nuisances served 823 Proceedings before Police Magistrates 24 Fines and costs recovered, £7 9s. Under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, eleven representations were made by the Medical Officer of Health, and the necessary steps taken with a view to closing the premises. The following are the particulars:— Locality. Present Condition of Premises. 14, Little Guilford Street Demolished. 2, Chapel Mews do. 30, Kenton Street (cottage in rear) Repaired and reopened. 12, Handel Street Repaired. 1, 2, 3, 4, Kennedy Court Premises undergoing reconstruction. 45, Colonnade Demolished. 18 and 19, Drury Lane do. The Regulations made by the Board as to Houses let in Lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family still continue to be enforced within the District. The Local Government Board on the 18th May forwarded a copy of Model Bye-laws, which they suggested the Board should make in lieu of the existing Regulations. The matter having been referred to the Sanitary Committee for consideration and report, the following recommendation was unanimously adopted, and the Local Government Board was so informed:— That having regard to the fact that the regulations as to houses let in lodgings, or occupied by members of more than one family, which were made on the 22nd day of February, 1887, and approved by the Local Government Board on the 31st day of March, 1887, have been in force for over seven years, and seeing that 451 houses in the District are at