§ MR. LEAI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he has yet received a Report from the medical officer of health for the borough of St. Pancras on the in sanitary conditions of Little Clarendon Street, Somers Town, which Report he stated, on the 12th March, 1906, that he had called for; also, what action, if any, has been taken by the borough council to deal with this insanitary property under the Housing of Working Classes Acts, 1890 to 1903; and, if no action has been taken, either by the borough council referred to or the Local Government Board, will he explain the cause of the delay.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSI have received the Report referred to. It shows that the houses in question are in fair structural condition, and that no fault is to be found with the supply of light 236 and air. Overcrowding, however, exists in the street, and a large number of notices for its abatement are served from time to time. The case appears to be one for action under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, rather than under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, and I gather that the borough council are exercising their powers under the former Act.