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the old cellar bakehouses there is still much room for improvement,
but this cannot be expected as long as they are allowed to
be occupied without certification. I did not find serious sanitary
defects in any.
Dost Collection.
9. There is now a weekly collection of house refuse all over
the parish, provided the dust is brought outside the house by
the occupier. When this is not done the collection is for the most
part left for at least a fortnight. There is as yet no uniformity
in the dust receptacles, but pails according to the County Council
bye-laws are becoming commoner, and their provision enforced
by the Inspectors wherever no proper dust bin exists, which is
found to be the case in the majority of the houses inspected.
There is a daily collection in Plumstead Road and High Street.
It is very desirable that the collection should be at least weekly
in all cases, and should not depend on the occupiers bringing the
dnst out.
Dust Deposits.
10. I have frequently inspected and reported on deposits of
offensive refuse within the prohibited distance (300 yards) of
houses, of which the chief were Timbercroft Lane, Roydene
Road, and Hargor Road. I have advised the Vestry that these
deposits are both temporarily and permanently injurious to
health when they are in the neighbourhood of houses already
existing, or on ground soon to be built on, and that covering
several feet of offensive matter with a few inches of non-offensive
earth does not remedy the evil. The Vestry has not, however,
been guided by my advice in this matter, and their attitude has