Dwellings of the Poor, Report (Paperback)

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. 1873 Excerpt: ...paper prepared by a member of their Committee, on the Dwellings of the Poor and present legislation regarding them. In the Appendix, No. III., p. 61, will be found in detail, taken from his paper, the sections of the various Acts referred to. By these Acts the widest latitude is given as to the Summary of, .....,7 provisions of persons who may give information regarding any premises Acts. which may be in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious to health. Any person aggrieved, the sanitary inspector, or any paid officer of the local authority, two or more inhabitants, the relieving officer, or any constable, can complain to the local authority J; or any inhabitant in the parish, any owner, or any other person aggrieved or injuriously affected, may com Many labourers who work at Covent Garden work also at the Docks; and many who work at the Docks now live some distance from them, f By the 53rd Sec. of the Act 1874, 37 & 38 Vict., c. 89, sec. 53. J Section 10, Ibid. plain. For remedy and prevention, on the other hand, there are equally large powers. Justices may order such works to he undertaken as will make premises safe and habitable; they may order works necessary to prevent recurrence of the nuisance, and, if a house is unfit for human habitation, they may prohibit its use as such.f They may order structural works to be carried out under the direction of any public board X; and there are penalties of 10s. and 20s. a day for not obeying the order of abatement and the order of prohibition For the maintenance of proper sanitary conditions, one of the principal Secretaries of State may, on the application of the local authority of the Metropolis, or the Local Government Board, make regulations for the registration of all lodgings or houses occupied by...