Licensing and inspection of boarding and lodging houses
Unique IDAY-0081Description*** This activity applies to all Councils ***
Boarding houses and lodging houses provided accommodation for a significant part of the city population until the mid twentieth century. Some idea of this can be gained by looking at the figures for the "lodger" vote at Council elections, tabulated in Hilary Golder "Sydney's Elections" (Sydney, SCC, 1995).
On 21 February 1878 the Finance Committee approved a Common Lodging Houses Bill. [No further details recorded in Minutes]
On 14 February 1902 the Minutes of the Health and Recreation Committee recorded that night inspections of lodging houses "are at present paid and such visits will be extensively increased as soon as possible." (CRS13/1)CreationSydney Corporation Act 1902, s150G (a) (b).
Council empowered to licence control and regulate boarding houses and lodging houses.
Local Government Act 1919 s302 (1) (Councils other than the City of Sydney): authority to control and regulate boarding and lodging houses.
Start date21st February 1878Start date qualifierbyEnd date21st February 1878Relationship legacy dataRELATED TO: Suburban municipal government FN-0029 (01/01/1919 to 31/12/1948)
RELATED TO: Building and development regulation FN-0010 (21/2/1878)
RELATED TO: Public health FN-0012 (21/2/1878)
Licensing and inspection of boarding and lodging houses [AY-0081]. City of Sydney Archives, accessed 13 Dec 2024, https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/62827