The housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, annotated, with appendices containing the Incorporated Statutory Provisions, the Working Classes Dwellings Act, 1890, the Standing Orders of Parliament related to Provisional Orders, and the Circulars, Memoranda and Orders of the Local Government Board under the Act / by he author of "The Local Loans of England and Wales".

  • Allan, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1861-1929.
Date:
1890
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Credit: The housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, annotated, with appendices containing the Incorporated Statutory Provisions, the Working Classes Dwellings Act, 1890, the Standing Orders of Parliament related to Provisional Orders, and the Circulars, Memoranda and Orders of the Local Government Board under the Act / by he author of "The Local Loans of England and Wales". Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    and that if the arbitrator is satisfied by such evidence, then the com- pensation— (ff.) shall in the first case, so far as it is based on rental, be based I on the rental which would have been obtainable if the house I or jjremises were occupied for legal purposes, and only by the f number of persons whom they were under all the circum- stances of the case fitted to accommodate without such over- crowding as is dangerous or injurious to the health of the inmates ; and (6.) shall in the second case be the amount estimated as the value of the house and premises i£ the nuisance had been abated, or if they had been put into a sanitary condition, or into reason- ably good repair, after deducting the estimated expense of I abating the nuisance or putting them into such condition or repair, as the case may be ; and (c.) shall in the third case be the value of the land, and of the I materials of the buildings thereon. Further amendments are made in the Artizans' and Labourers' 1 Dwellings Improvement Acts by Part IV. and the Second Schedule t to the present Act. These amendments will be explained below. Section 27 of the new statute, which re-enacts a similar provision i in Section 26 of the Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Improvement . Act, 1875, empowers the Local Grovernment Board by order to pre- !■ scribe the forms of advertisements and notices to be used outside |] London under Part I. of the Act. The Board have accordingly i issued an order prescribing the requisite forms, and two copies of it tare enclosed. It is not obligatory on any persons to adopt the forms; 1 but when adopted they are to be deemed sufficient for all purposes of I this Pai-t of the Act. PART II. Unhealthy Dwellings. Under Part II. sanitary authorities have very important powers, ■ duties in relation to the closing and demolition of dwelHng-houses unfit for human habitation, the pulling down and the acquisition of the sites of obstructive buildings, and the making and carrying out ' of schemes for the improvement of areas which are too small to be dealt with under Part I. of the Act. Houses unfit for Human Habitation. Section 30 makes it the duty of the medical officer of health of every district to represent to the sanitary authority any dwelling-house which appears to him to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation. As the sanitary authority are aware, it is the duty of this officer under the Board's orders by inspection of the districts, both systematically at certahi periods, and * A Copy of this Order will be fovmd on pages 209 to 212,