The present position of the housing problem in and around London; a report prepared for the executive committee of the Council - Tapa blanda
Sinopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...district." The Housing (Town-Planning) Bill (1908) proposes a condition that houses lee to persons of the working-class shall, during the holding, be kept by the landlord in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation. The Customs and Inland Revenue Aot (1890) allows a rebate on the House Tax upon any house built or adapted and used for the sole purpose of providing separate dwellings at rents not A Common Lodging House means a house in which (i) persons of the poorer classes are harboured or lodgea for hire for a single night, or for less than a week at a time; and (ii) the persona accommodated, though not belonging to the same family, sleep in cubicles or beds in a common room, or have their meals in a common room. The definition does not iaclude public-houses, nor institutions like hospitals, nor charitable homes or shelters. The Medical Officer of St. Pancras has drawn up a very exacting list of requirements, which must be satisfied before he will grant a certificate. (See p. 32.) The administration of these by-laws is in the hands of the Public Health Committee of each Borough Council, and a report thereon is included in the Statutory Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health of each Authority. By the steady and careful enforcement of these by-laws the Local Authorities can enormously improve the sanitary conditions of tenement houses in their districts, and can impress upon the occupiers and landlords the necessity of maintaining such houses in a thoroughly hygienic condition. Systematic inspection also detects overcrowding. An abatement order is served, and penalties may be imposed by a magistrate's order if necessary. But the administrative machinery often breaks down in one of two wajs:--Some of the authorities have an insufficient s...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...district." The Housing (Town-Planning) Bill (1908) proposes a condition that houses lee to persons of the working-class shall, during the holding, be kept by the landlord in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation. The Customs and Inland Revenue Aot (1890) allows a rebate on the House Tax upon any house built or adapted and used for the sole purpose of providing separate dwellings at rents not A Common Lodging House means a house in which (i) persons of the poorer classes are harboured or lodgea for hire for a single night, or for less than a week at a time; and (ii) the persona accommodated, though not belonging to the same family, sleep in cubicles or beds in a common room, or have their meals in a common room. The definition does not iaclude public-houses, nor institutions like hospitals, nor charitable homes or shelters. The Medical Officer of St. Pancras has drawn up a very exacting list of requirements, which must be satisfied before he will grant a certificate. (See p. 32.) The administration of these by-laws is in the hands of the Public Health Committee of each Borough Council, and a report thereon is included in the Statutory Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health of each Authority. By the steady and careful enforcement of these by-laws the Local Authorities can enormously improve the sanitary conditions of tenement houses in their districts, and can impress upon the occupiers and landlords the necessity of maintaining such houses in a thoroughly hygienic condition. Systematic inspection also detects overcrowding. An abatement order is served, and penalties may be imposed by a magistrate's order if necessary. But the administrative machinery often breaks down in one of two wajs:--Some of the authorities have an insufficient s...
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