The Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. C. 70) : with notes and introduction, the forms prescribed under the Act, and all existing enactments upon the subject. Table of cases and index / by W. C. Bernard, and H. Morgan-Brown.

  • Bernard, William Cecil.
Date:
1891
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Credit: The Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. C. 70) : with notes and introduction, the forms prescribed under the Act, and all existing enactments upon the subject. Table of cases and index / by W. C. Bernard, and H. Morgan-Brown. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sentation as to an unhealthy area in London does not relate to more than ten houses [s. 72]. And with regard to unhealthy areas and houses in London generally, special provisions are made as to the part of the Act under which the local authority should proceed [s. 73]. Refusal of Local Authority to make an Improvement Scheme.—Local Inquiry.—If, except under sections 72 and 73, the local authority refuse to make an improve- ment scheme, they must send a copy of the official representation, with their reasons for not acting upon it, to the confirming authority, who may direct a local inquiry to he held [s. 10] in manner provided by the Act [s. 17], and after due notice of such inquiry has been publicly given [s. 18]. The officer conducting such inquiry shall have power to administer an oath; he must report the result of the inquiry to the confirm- ing authority, who can deal with such report as they think best [s. 19]. The costs of such inquiry are in the discretion of the confirming authority [s. 85 (1)]. Where the confirming authority are the Local Govern- ment Board, they have the same powers as to local inquiries as under the Public Health Act, 1875, ss. 293—296, and s. 298 [s. 85 (2)]. Requisites of Improvement Scheme.—The improve- ment scheme of a local authority must be accompanied by maps, particulars, and estimates ; it need not neces- sarily be confined to the exact limits of the unhealthy area; it must provide such dwelling accommodation, if any, for the working classes displaoed by the scheme as is required by the Act; it must provide for proper sanitary arrangements; and it must distinguish the