Annual report for 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health.

  • Chelsea (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1915
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Credit: Annual report for 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    30 Water Supply to Tenement Houses.—Under the powers conferred by the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907, Section 78, a water supply on one of the upper floors has been fixed by the owners in 54 houses during the year 1914, namely 41 houses in Stanley Ward, and 13 in Church Ward. All these houses have 3 storeys or more above the ground level, the majority being what are known as 2-storey houses. The water taps have been for the most part fixed on a half landing of the stairs, and in the majority of them a small drip sink has been supplied with a waste-pipe to carry off waste and leakage. It was not found necessary in any instance to enforce the notices served under the Act by legal proceedings. Underground Sleeping Places.—During the year the following Regu lations have made by the Borough Council under Section 17 (7) of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909. These Regulations have now received the formal approval of the Local Government Board. Regulations prescribed by the Council, of the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea under Section 17 (7) of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909. Underground Sleeping Places. Every room habitually used as a sleeping place the surface of the floor of which is more than three feet below the surface of the part of the street adjoining or nearest to the room, shall comply with the following Regulations, namely :— 1. The floor, walls, and ceiling of such room shall be dry and present no evidence of dampness, whether such arises from the soil under the room, the ground adjoining such room, or from any other cause. The room shall be effectually protected against the rising of any effluvium or exhalation by means of a layer of asphalt, or of good cement concrete at least six inches thick, or four inches if properly grouted, laid upon the ground of the site of the entire room, or in some equally effectual manner, wherever the condition of the site or of its immediate surroundings renders such protection necessary. 2. The floor, walls, and ceiling of such room shall be structurally in good repair. 3. Unless the room is provided with a fireplace and a flue properly constructed and properly connected with such fireplace, it shall be provided with special and adequate means of ventilation by one or more suitably placed apertures or air shafts. 4. The average level of the top of the window of the room shall not be below the surface of the part of the street or ground adjoining or nearest to the room. 5. An area or open space properly paved with impervious material and effectually drained by means of a trapped gulley connected to a drain, shall adjoin one side of the room, and extend along the entire
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